one buys an indulgence‚ it would bring his “divine and mortal soul safe and sound into the land of paradise‚” (Document 2). Tetzel was one of the more powerful and well-known advocates of indulgences; it can be deducted that‚ because of his prestige in the Catholic Church‚ Tetzel’s opinion on the sale of indulgences is representative of that of most‚ if not all‚ Catholic leaders. Martin Luther‚ in his 95 Theses‚ strongly opposes this idea‚ believing that “those preachers of indulgences are in error
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was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God would forgive them for their sins and end the punishment. With death so near‚ people performed indulgences so they would spend less time in Purgatory. Who was involved‚ and what did they do? Indulgences could be obtained for oneself or another‚ but some abused this
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Suggest why Martin Luther’s 1517 protest over the sale of indulgences had‚ by the 1540s‚ led to the foundation of distinct Protest denominations in many areas of Europe. In this essay I will examine the fundamental role Martin Luther played in the protestant reformation. Primarily‚ I will analyse the role Martin Luther played in this movement and how his protest over the sale of indulgences resulted in a significant change in the history of Christianity. In addition‚ I will focus on the expansion
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away the blame of the sin but did not clear the sins completely because of the fact that the people were sinners. This was significant because the church was selling indulgences. The Catholic Church once sold indulgences to people who would fight in the Holy Wars to be forgiven of their sins. However‚ this time‚ the Church sold indulgences to followers at a certain price so that buyers would be forgiven of past and future sins. According to Luther‚ this was nowhere to be found in the Holy Bible. Luther
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“For three hundred years‚ he said‚ indulgences had been regarded as efficacious‚ and the councils of Vienna‚ Paris‚ and Constanz had declared them so” (Dau 178-179). In other words‚ Eck pointed out that the selling of indulgences was for the sake of the people. According to Eck‚ “an indulgence had come to mean a concession‚ granted under special circumstances‚ for penitential good works to be commuted to some other good work” (Stimming 17). Plus‚ indulgences had been around for many years and had
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to recognize such discrepancies. The issues of the sales of indulgences and the elevating power of the Roman Catholic Church lead corruption further into the religious establishment‚ but due to the invention of the printing press and to the rise of individualism the Protestant Reformation continued to thrive. Before the introduction of indulgences‚ the Catholic Church practiced the orthodox routine of confessions. The sales of indulgences were created for the sinner to pay their debt out of purgatory
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How Far was German Nationalism responsible for the start of the Reformation? (30) German Nationalism was a very important cause of the Reformation as before Luther wrote his 95 theses‚ this idea of German Nationalism already existed. Firstly‚ German Nationalism was the idea of having an independent Germany not containing any foreign powers taking money for the benefit of a foreign country. The German Nationalism idea set off by the publication of the 95 Theses set off outrage over Catholic Church
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Roman Catholic church. The protestant reformation was caused by a variety of corruptions within the catholic church‚ and dissatisfactions outside the church related to the church’s habits‚ some of these included: economic corruption‚ the sale of indulgences‚ the power and authority of the pope‚ and the all around dissatisfaction with the practice of external worship. One of the many corruptions of the Roman Catholic church that triggered the Protestant Reformation was economic corruption. The Roman
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to reveal a moral‚ which is usually a generalization about human existence. Both short stories‚ “The Chaser” by John Collier‚ and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne are both examples of allegory. Using the themes of change‚ self indulgence and consequence‚ the authors are able to successfully tell their allegory in a way as to lure in the reader. Hawthorne and Collier both use symbolism and metaphor throughout their stories to express a similar message: when people are self indulgent
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Middle Ages a time of deescalation and disease. In this world the Catholic Church was the one great consolation‚ with its promise of heaven. In the sixteenth century of Western Europe the Catholic Church was involved in the corrupt practice of indulgences. Indulgences are a paper signed by the Pope‚ and sold to religiously desperate people‚ that absolves sins and reduces ones time in purgatory. This corrupt way of collecting money made the Catholic church one of‚ if not the most‚ wealthy institution at
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