Holy Roman Empire

[CyrilSebastian]

Holy Roman Emperor Otto III sought to reestablish Imperial control over the city of Rome and through it the papacy.

[CyrilSebastian]

Although raised in his uncle King Philip II of Spain's Catholic court in Spain, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II   
was tolerant of Protestantism and other religions including Judaism.

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Matthias was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619.   
He was not very interested in art. Most court artists soon turned their backs on his court.

[eschator83]

I must thank you again for this thread.  Almost every time you post I go back through and reread many of these.  Several times I have rewritten your comments onto a chronological list, but I can't seem to remember how to use a split screen so I can avoid copying manually first and then revising my chronological list.  Today I reviewed again the Library Thing program to see what books it has listed on the HRE.  It is very sad how few books there are and how sparse the readership.  But then I wonder whether we should really make great effort to learn from history, or to concentrate on following and accepting God's Will, or can we do both?  I'm trying to do both but struggling to understand the lessons of history.  As our Lord Jesus Christ told us, evil will always oppose the Light and Truth of Christianity.  We must learn to oppose evil more effectively.

[CyrilSebastian]

I must thank you again for this thread.  Almost every time you post I go back through and reread many of these.  Several times I have rewritten your comments onto a chronological list, but I can't seem to remember how to use a split screen so I can avoid copying manually first and then revising my chronological list.  Today I reviewed again the Library Thing program to see what books it has listed on the HRE.  It is very sad how few books there are and how sparse the readership.  But then I wonder whether we should really make great effort to learn from history, or to concentrate on following and accepting God's Will, or can we do both?  I'm trying to do both but struggling to understand the lessons of history.  As our Lord Jesus Christ told us, evil will always oppose the Light and Truth of Christianity.  We must learn to oppose evil more effectively.

   

eschator, I am glad that you like the Holy Roman Empire.

[eschator83]

Today may be my day for Inspiration, aka amazing coincidences.  On the right side of my desk (ok to be precise the bed in the guest bedroom) I have a 3ring binder titled Monster Issues, which is opened to my several questions or concerns related to Jesus' teachings about evil and subsequent Church teaching, especially St Francis' on Just War.  I almost always follow a quite consistent schedule in the morning, but went instead to wondering if St Matthew combined many separate days of Jesus' teachings and combined some that were only intended for Apostles with others intended all disciples, or all followers, or even crowds.  I am very surprised to find myself back in this thread wondering what our Church history might have been if Christians had never opposed evil.  Please pray for me.
A Monster Book question is: Is everything that has happened God's Will?

[CyrilSebastian]

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II reigned from 1619 until 1637.   
Ferdinand regarded the regulation of religious issues as a royal prerogative and introduced   
strict Counter-Reformations from 1598.   
He ordered the expulsion of all Protestant pastors and teachers.

[CyrilSebastian]

In 863, upon the demise of his brother Charles, Holy Roman Emperor Louis II received the kingdom of Provence.

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Louis II was crowned a second time as emperor by Pope Adrian II in May 872.