The Lutheran Religion by Cynthia Mead Instructor: Natalie Eades HUM 130 The core beliefs and practices of Lutheranism can be traced back to a German monk named Martin Luther. He is known as the “Father of Reformation”. Martin Luther was born November tenth 1493‚ and died February eighteenth 1546 at the age of sixty three. He was a Christian theologian and an Augustinian monk. His teachings inspired the
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record of the church’s first 300 years consisting of ten ’books’ or sections that begin at the life of Christ and end at the rule of Constantine. Sections eight and nine focus on the persecution of the church as well as ancient memorandum‚ edicts‚ and first hand accounts of fourth century life for Christian’s under Roman rule. Eusebius felt it his duty to document these events in a scholarly manor for the sake of historical preservation; he penned‚ “...it is surely a matter of
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Louis XIV became the king of the French state‚ in other words‚ France‚ in 1643 at the age of five after the passing of Louis XIII and assumed the personal direction of affairs in 1661 at the age of 23. Louis XIV reigned over the French state until 1715. A historian proclaimed that “Louis XIV carried the principle of monarchy to its utmost success and abused it to the point of excess”. This statement can be proven to be true and false through his political‚ social‚ and economic development throughout
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Tiffany Shionaka Christianity first started as a religious cult evolving from Judaism. Despite its Jewish origins‚ it was not long before Christianity regarded itself as something other than a new Jewish sect. The first Christian council concluded that pagan converts to Christianity did not have to follow Jewish ritual laws. Soon‚ converts to Christianity were almost exclusively pagans and Christianity moved further away from Judaism. Christians believed in one God who worked the world (monotheism)
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Jacob Molho 12/9/16 Jewish Emancipation: The Migration of People‚ Ideas‚ and Mindsets Unique for its time‚ in September of 1480‚ Spain created special religious tribunals to address cases of “heretical depravity”. These tribunals‚ collectively referred to as the Spanish Inquisition‚ sought to eliminate deviation from Catholicism. Jews bore the brunt of these tribunals. They were rarely acquitted of charges levied through the Spanish Inquisition‚ and relative to other “heretics‚” Jews were executed
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Civil Aviation in Nigeria is a child of very humble beginnings‚ a spin-off of the British Colonial rule. But above all else‚ it is a product of a mere accident of history dating back to 1925 in the unlikeliest of places - the ancient‚ walled city of Kano. Sometime in July of that year the Northern city was gripped by a tense stand-off between the residents and the colonial government officials. The British government at the time was maintaining an active Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Khartoum‚
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This was a result of the passing of the Edict of Worms. The Diet of Worms‚ a religious council in Germany‚ declared Luther a heretic and demanded that no one follow his teachings. This was because the fear of revolt loomed over the church’s head‚ which could spell out a multitude of problems for them. Martin Luther stood by his teachings and refused to renounce his writings. Thus‚ on May 25th‚ 1521 the Holy Roman emperor signed the Edict of Worms condemning Luther and his writings. The writings
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Copernicanism either orally or in writing. Cardinal Bellarmine had died‚ but Galileo produced a certificate signed by the cardinal‚ stating that Galileo had been subjected to no further restriction than applied to any Roman Catholic under the 1616 edict. No signed document contradicting this was ever found‚ but Galileo was compelled in 1633 to avoid and was sentenced to life imprisonment The Dialogue was ordered to be burned‚ and the sentence against him was to be read publicly in every university
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Tara in Tibetan Buddhism “The worship of the goddess Tara is one of the most widespread of Tibetan cults‚ undifferentiated by sect‚ education‚ class‚ or position; from the highest to the lowest‚ the Tibetans find with his goddess a personal and enduring relationship unmatched by any other single deity‚ even among those of their gods more potent in appearance or more profound in symbolic association.”1 Tara is thought to protect her people from “the cradle to beyond the grave; and‚ as Stephanie
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The world of the Greeks was based on the "divine laws" set by the Gods who were the rulers of the land and who promoted people to heaven or hell. At times‚ Creon‚ the city’s new leader‚ followed the rules‚ but in most cases went with what he felt was good for the state. Antigone on the other hand created this mindset thinking that if the God’s divine law is not followed all bad will happen‚ which in the end really did happen. The first example to support this theme of Antigone was when Antigone
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