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Innocent III

Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

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What are the historical origins of the Catholic sacrament of confession versus Protestant alternatives?

Catholic sacramental confession developed over many centuries from public penitential practices in the early Church into private, priestly auricular confession made normative by the 12th–13th centurie...

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Who was King John of England and his historical significance?

King John (reigned 1199–1216) was the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine who succeeded his brother Richard I and presided over the loss of most Angevin lands in France and a domestic cr...