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And Shine Heaven Now Presents A Brief History of Christianity (from Adam to Zwingli) Part I In the beginning, God creates the world. This is a good thing. Then he creates man, and things just go downhill from there. God: What have I gotten Myself into? See, humans sin. It’s in our nature. And this… Continue reading A Brief History of Christianity (From Adam to Zwingli) Part I
According to Catholic doctrine, if you weren’t a member of the Catholic Church, you went to hell. Oh, and the Pope can kick you out of the Catholic Church. (It’s called excommunication.) Even if you’re the king. Since everyone in Europe was Catholic, and none of them wanted to be ruled by a king who… Continue reading A Brief History of Christianity (from Adam to Zwingli) Part 2
First speaker: Heard about this Luther guy? Second speaker: Yeah, he sounds interesting… Vatican: angry Some people joined Luther’s protest just to thumb their noses at the Pope (including those kings who resented his control). But lots of them truly believed in his ideas, and the Protestant Reformation swept through Europe. Naturally, the Catholic Church… Continue reading A Brief History of Christianity (From Adam to Zwingli) Part 3
Protestantism in Europe was breaking off into different denominations as guys like Zwingli, Calvin, and Luther came up with different ideas about the new standards to replace the old Catholic ones. But England was still Catholic… until Henri VIII got sick of his wife’s “failure” to produce him a son and wanted to get a… Continue reading A Brief History of Christianity (From Adam to Zwingli) Part 4
The original Brief History of Christianity started here. If you were paying attention during A Brief History of Christianity you already know this part…In 1517, Marthin Luther had a stunning revelation. Luther: The church right now is really, really messed up. People: He’s right! Pope Leo X: He’s just some drunk German. He’ll go away.… Continue reading Une Histoire Brève du Christanisme (en France!)
During the Reformation, Spain saw itself as a stronghold of Catholicism…but France was a pretty close second. The Huguenots (French adherents to Calvin’s writing) were never more than a small minority — but they were a vocal one. Besides, they had half of the nobility on their side. The royal family — the Valois —… Continue reading Une Histoire Brève du Christanisme (en France!)
King Henry: Maybe we could be a little nicer to the Protestants. Duke Henry: NO!!! Charles IX was influenced by his mother. When Henry III ascended to the throne, he tried to follow his conscience and make concessions to the Huguenots, Mom notwithstanding. Unfortunately, this guy objected. His name was Henry, Duke of Guise. A… Continue reading Une Histoire Brève du Christanisme (en France!)
The French government doesn’t keep religious statistics on its citizens, but the US government puts the number of Catholics at over 80%, and a good third said when polled that “atheist” described them rather well. So there’s a significant amount of overlap among those who identify with Catholic culture and traditions, but don’t actually believe… Continue reading Une Histoire Brève du Christanisme (en France!)
Cameos: Princess Serenity and Luna; Adam Young. Strict Hellsing canon is in brown. The rest is a combination of history, crossovers, and previous events of Shine. You’ll notice that some of them have been rearranged; all in all, though, the events were generally the same. We now return you to your normal state of comic-strip… Continue reading And Shine Heaven Now: Full Restored & Integrated Timeline!
Yes, this (six-part series) is my actual final exam for the class Judaism: Faith and Practice. (The professor loved it.) Cameos: Superman, Spider-Man, Cyclops, Al Capp, Jules Feiffer, Art Spiegelman. (with a focus on why we can’t all just get along) Integra: This is your final paper? Erin: Best. Professor. Ever. I was going to… Continue reading A Brief History, Of Sorts, Of Judaism 1/6