GOSPEL

Gospel



Gospel

Introduction

The study is related about the gospels to know the core idea of writing the gospel. Moreover, the purpose and the environment where these gospels were written is also the important and significant element to consider, as it provides the background and also the concept of writing the gospels by also which include by the Greek Matthew, Mark, Luke and John etc. In addition, these writers' serves as the binding value or concept to serve as key factors that help the people in getting the better understanding of the Bible.

Discussion

The study shows that how the gospels affect the environment and also reflects what is the core purpose and background where these gospels were written. The key idea of writing these gospels is that to understand ant the better knowledge of the Bible so that the humanity can be served.

Papal Theorists

Early hierocratic argumentation centered on the “two swords” theory, a dualistic theory of sovereignty developed by extended glossing of a slight passage in the Gospel of Luke. The theory attempted to balance the sword of spiritual authority with the sword of temporal power. Variations of the two swords doctrine either handed one sword to papal government and one to secular princes (a dualist position), or tried to hand ultimate control for both swords into the hands of either the pope or a secular prince (a universalist position).

The popes themselves were key originators of two swords literature, with the hierocratic position being successively clarified by Popes Gregory the Great, Gregory VII, and Boniface VIII. Papal bulls and works were amplified by papal theorists such as Anselm and the canonists. Such literature rejected the dualist position that God had given a temporal sword to lay rulers and a spiritual sword to the papacy. For example, the Decretalist Tancred argued that the two swords had both been left to the Apostle Peter and his successors the popes, leaving the papacy with the power to confirm, crown, consecrate, judge, and depose of the emperor.

Canonists

Medieval canonists developed a juristic science out of the law of the church and thus produced hierocratic arguments based on the actual practice of the church and the papacy. Canonists, such as Rufinus, argued that the pope exercised supreme and undivided jurisdiction over the universal church. This assertion of judicial authority was a key means of securing papal political authority.

Bernold of Constance underlined the authority of the pope not ...