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    During and following the Protestant Reformation‚ an innumerable measure of dignitaries lost‚ as well as gained a great deal due to the Reformation. Dignitaries or authority figures during this time period consisted of highly ranked members of the Church and Government. As a result of this 16th century movement‚ both were affected negatively and positively. The authority figure that lost the most was the Pope. It was established that the Bible held more authority than the Church in the 1400’s by

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    Protestant & Catholic Reformation On October 31st 1517‚ Martin Luther started the beginning of the Protestant Revolution by posting his 95 theses at Wittenberg’s castle. These 95 theses argued on the power and efficacy of indulgences and explained the fundamentals of justification by faith. Thus opened the eyes of the people who had begun to question centuries of Catholic beliefs. Luther and his supporters believed that the Church had been corrupted by power and wealth and therefore it needed

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    were spreading throughout Europe. Lutheran‚ Zwinglian‚ Calvinist‚ and Anabaptism were examples of different religious protests against the Catholic Church. All those protests were later known as the Protestant Reformation. In return‚ the Catholic Church responded with a Counter-Reformation‚ which led

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    In the first half of the sixteenth century‚ the protestant reformation contributed to many political and social changes. The protestant reformation began in 1517 and lasted for 131 years‚ until 1648‚ but the consequences have lasted to the present. This reformation began with the inevitable conflict in the Christian church coming to light. People had started to believe that the church had problems in the aspects of both theological and secular ideas. Kings resented the power the church held‚ merchants

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    The Renaissance‚ during which some of the most famous artworks were created and many scientific advancements were made‚ contributed to the spark that began a new religious Revival called the Protestant Reformation. The Renaissance‚ dating from 1350 A.D. to 1616 A.D.‚ gave rise to many new poets‚ philosophers‚ mathematicians‚ and artists. New advancements in science‚ education‚ and the arts led to the furtherance of the sophistication of human society. However‚ the Renaissance also brought a new way

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    The people and ideas that make up the time periods known as “The Reformation” and “Globalism” are vastly different in many ways. Their hair and clothing style was dramatically different‚ and the lack of technology in computers and travel was significant when compared to the twentieth century‚ the time period referred to as “globalism”. Contrary‚ though‚ to what it might seem‚ these two time periods are actually very similar in many ways. Both time periods involve individuals who are searching for

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    he Protestant Reformation which began as a movement to reform the Church but then later turned into a rebellion against it‚ resulted in a number of non-Catholic religions know today as Protestant religions. This Reformation began mainly due to the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church but also due to political issues with surrounding states of the Holy Roman Empire. Europeans were plagued with death and disease like smallpox and the bubonic plague‚ which made them fear for their eternal salvation

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    Martin Luther and the Reformation A German Augustinian friar‚ Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. Luther grew up the son of a miner‚ but he did not maintain that lifestyle for himself. He lived in a period that had a widespread desire for reformation of the Christian church and a yearning for salvation. Martin Luther was born at Eisleben in Saxony. Since his father was a miner‚ it was a great distress on him to send Martin to school and then to the University

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    history but the question relies on why they attacked the fundamental principles of the church. The strong opposition to selling indulgences and that anyone could make its way to heaven if they had the right amount of money was what ignited the reformation‚ including Martin Luther 95 theses against indulgences. Later on came John Calvin’s work against the Catholic Church including the Geneva reform and his idea of predestination‚ the idea that God is willing all of the events that can happen in one’s

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    limbo)‚ administrative indecency‚ manhandle of cash‚ alongside numerous other awful activities that were uncontrolled among the Church. It was these issues that Luther and others revolted and made their own religions. With the ascending of these Reformation developments‚ the Church expected to make a few changes itself. These changes appeared as teaching the ministry‚ opening religious communities‚ the Inquisition‚ and the sorting out of committees. Actually‚ despite the fact that Protestant assaults

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