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    he would attempt to speak Latin in order to sound smart‚ which proved his ignorance. Geoffrey Chaucer describes him as a scoundrel and a very dishonest man. The Pardoner was also dishonest with no moral principles. A Pardoner is supposed to sell indulgences‚ but this Pardoner sold fake religious relics under false pretenses.

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    has been proven to have harmful affects to the body.Heavy drinking causes harm to all body organs‚ especially to the brain‚heart and liver‚ it also interfers with the bodies abilities to absorb vitamin c and a‚calcium and certain minerals‚ over indulgence of alcohol‚causes temporary loss of vision‚ consciousness or memory disorder‚ heavy drinking may cause a persons heart to become enlarged or to beat irregularl‚ it also raises the blood pressure and heart rate increasing the risk of sroke or heart

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    Pardoner was good at was condemning people‚ and making sure they felt shame in themselves. The Catholic Church would preach good sermons‚ but they wanted people to feel shame for what they did so they would feel remorse and pay for indulgences. In the beginning‚ an indulgence was just a certificate given by the Pope to a person whose sins had been forgiven

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    now being distributed far and wide. These misconducts had always concerned Martin Luther a Catholic monk from Germany. Martin had previously queried the Church on indulgences and greed. Indulgences were forgiveness from sins for money‚ which begged that only the rich could buy their way into Heaven. When the pope started a new indulgence campaign‚ to raise money for the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica‚ in Rome‚ Martin Luther could no longer tolerate the churches un-Christian like behavior. Martin

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    causing corruption throughout all the globe. Luther‚ was not alone in his disgust with the Catholic Church. John Wycliff‚ also became very frustrated with the church in the indulgences that he saw happening. These indulgences were being sold as a way into heaven‚ and a way to get family members out of purgatory. These indulgences were being sold by priest to plus up the coffers of the church‚ no matter the state it left the people who were buying them. Wycliff‚ felt that how could a people who were

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    Martin Luther was a very important figure in the reformation and in the translating of the Bible. According to Pettegree‚ Luther was a person who was very social and got along with everyone (3). He was a humble man and took no pride or expected no fame from his involvement with the reformation. Martin Luther did not expect fame to come with his work; however‚ he ended up becoming one of the most famous people in the Lutheran religion. In fact‚ Martin Luther is what the Lutheran religion is based

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    Ethics‚ also known as moral philosophy‚ is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing‚ defending‚ and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1] The term comes from the Greek word ethos‚ which means "character". Ethics is a complement to Aesthetics in the philosophy field of Axiology. In philosophy‚ ethics studies the moral behavior in humans‚ and how one should act. Ethics may be divided into four major areas of study:[1] Meta-ethics‚ about the theoretical meaning and reference

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    emphasis on obedience that had been passed down from the Jesuit  anxiety over the impending Thirty Years War Points earned on this question: 5 Question 2 (Worth 5 points) The Council of Trent did all the following except  approve the sale of indulgences  This is a correct answer  reaffirm the authority of the Pope  establish seminaries for the training of priests  back the traditional interpretation of transubstantiation Points earned on this question: 5 Question 3 (Worth 5 points) Read

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    Unlike his predecessors‚ Martin Luther was able to spread his ideas rapidly due to the social‚ economic and political state of Europe at that time. Through technological advances‚ growing unrest with current leaders‚ the threat of a foreign invasion and a high rate of poverty‚ Luther’s ideas influenced many people within Germany that change was necessary. By picking up where those before him had left off‚ Luther was able to bring in a new era of ideas that forever changed the views people had of

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