The reformation (1517-1685) was a era when people began to rebel against the Catholic church. Multiple people altered their thoughts on the Catholic church for many reasons. Martin Luther reformed because the Catholic church was so corrupt and had made people believe that they were the gatekeepers to salvation. While on the other hand‚ Henry the 8th reformed from the Catholic church because he wanted to divorce his wife so he could be capable of having a male heir‚ which his wife being to elder could
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The Reformation – Harry Russell The great reformation was a time when the Presbyterian and other religious churches split off from the Catholic Church because they did not believe in the Catholic Churches teachings. This happened in the sixteenth century‚ mostly because of one very important person martin Luther. Martin Luther started out wanting to be a lawyer‚ but one day was caught in a lightning storm and thought he was going to die. He then swore that if he lived he would swear his life to
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Throughout history a people’s hopes have enabled them to triumph against all odds. The militiamen of colonial America were able to protect their independence from the British‚ who at the time had the largest‚ most powerful military in the world. In more recent years‚ the passengers of a commercial airliner included in the 9/11 tragedy were able to crash their plane before it reached its unknown‚ but surely‚ life-devastating destination. These were ordinary people were able to overtake armed‚ savagely
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Pope Benedict XVI Type of Ministry: Pope Benedict XVI was born with the name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. He was born on the 16th of April 1927 and is the current head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 265th pope. He became pope after the death of John Paul II‚ and was elected on April 19‚ 2005. He was born into a religious family‚ he was baptised on the day of his birth‚ and his brother‚ Georg Ratzinger is a priest. According to relatives‚ he had wanted to become
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with the Christian Church. Many found the Pope too involved with secular (worldly) matters‚ rather than with his flocks spiritual well-being. Lower church officials were poorly educated and broke vows by living richly and keeping mistresses. Some officials practiced simony‚ or passing down their title as priest or bishop to their illegitimate sons. In keeping with the many social changes of the Renaissance‚ people began to boldly challenge the authority of the Christian Church. There were some
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the Catholic Church. Luther soon began to take note of all the things he believed was wrong about the Catholic Church and on October 31st Luther posted a collection of his notes which was known as the 95 these onto the door of the All Saints Church in his town. With Luther publicly disagreeing with the church both immediate and long term changes were made to the Christian faith. Luther’s action is commonly viewed as the spark that
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the greatest impact on their countries and religious affiliations. Martin Luther changed germany and christianity in a very great way. Leader of the Protestant Reformation‚ Luther went against some of the false teachings being spread by the Catholic church. Luther posted the 95 Theses which attacked people who sold indulgences‚ or fake passes out of purgatory sold for a price. You can tell Luther made a big difference in his area because he
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Reformation and the Scientific Revolution challenge the Catholic Church? After explaining each of these events‚ compare and contrast their effects on the Catholic Church. The Reformation and the Scientific Revolution challenged the Catholic Church because they turned to investigation and research as a form of obtaining knowledge; they no longer treated facts that were considered absolute truths as such‚ but proved that the Catholic Church wasn’t always right; and it provoked a breaking away from
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century Europe which has changed the course of the Western Civilization forever. The Late Medieval Catholic Church has had teachings that Luther has turned down and rejected‚ also with the practices of the church. One of the most famous teachings of the church is that your sin could be bought and forgiven with money‚ which he highly opposed of. Martin Luther was born into a Catholic
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significant change in the history of Christianity. In addition‚ I will focus on the expansion of Protestantism and Protestant denominations across Europe during the 16th century. At the beginning of the 16th century‚ potent figures in the Western Church were crying out for a reformation. Churchmen criticised the administration and called for
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