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    Peters Cathedral in Rome. He wrote the 95 Theses to express his arguments against indulgences. He posted them on the door of a church in Wittenberg and someone printed and distributed them. Luther’s intention when he wrote the 95 theses was to tell the church that what they were doing was

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    The Monk is next‚ an extremely fine and handsome man who loves to hunt‚ and who follows modern customs rather than old traditions. This is no bookish monk‚ studying in a cloister‚ but a man who keeps greyhounds to hunt the hare. The Monk is well-fed‚ fat‚ and his eyes are bright‚ gleaming like a furnace in his head. The Monk A man who tends the property of the monastery. He is fat and happy‚ loves good food and wine‚ and finds the taverns more to his liking than the cold‚ severe monastery. The

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    Luther was strongly against the corrupt practice of selling indulgences because he was committed to the idea that salvation could only be reached through faith and by divine grace. Because of his firm belief‚ Luther wrote “The 95 Theses‚” a list stating his questions and propositions for the Church that he felt should

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    In 1517‚ the Roman Catholic Church’s world changed. An uprise began to reform the church. Heretic groups started protesting against Catholicism. The Catholic clergy was uneducated and the priests would not follow their own teachings. The Protestant Reformation was the break up of the Catholic Church. The reason the Protestant Reformation occurred was because of heresy and critics of the Roman Catholic Church. The heretics and critics of the church called the Catholics out on their wrongdoings and

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    David K. Bernard “In 1510 Luther took a pilgrimage to Rome and performed various acts of devotion in sacred places. For instance‚ at a staircase supposedly taken from Pilate’s judgment hall‚ he walked up the steps on his knees in order to obtain an indulgence promised by Pope

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    Founding fathers of the Reformation‚ Martin Luther and John Calvin are the source of two great currents of Protestantism. Beyond what unites them‚ one and the other are carriers of two very different worldviews. The two men are alike in anything. One is in one piece. It is square‚ it is thundering‚ he does not know (nor want) decline. The other has a long face‚ beard and pointy nose‚ sideways glance. It has also a will of iron‚ but he knows to win by negotiating. The first is a short-tempered‚ which

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    take on the immense power of the Catholic Church. While others’ ideas could be ignored‚ the Church was intensely threatened by Luther because his ideas questioned the role and necessity of their already-weakened institution‚ called for an end to indulgences‚ endangered social stability‚ and exposed the failings of the Church by returning to the Bible as the only source of God’s truth. Two hundred years before Luther came onto the Church’s radar‚ the Catholic Church was enjoying great power and success

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    sculpture‚ architecture‚ literature) Patrons | Gutenberg’s printing press = Renaissance ideas spread... Religion = Art Pope wanted to make a new dome for sistine chapel. Michelangelo was asked to paint it. the pope needed $ to build so he sold indulgences. Luther was against this... Church art frequently featured holy figures‚ Protestants (iconoclasts) didn’t like this... Church leaders were frequently patrons of artists | Renaissance ideas = shipbuilding‚ techniques‚ astrolabe‚ compass...Humanism

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    There are many different views on how one should act and treat others throughout their life. People come from all different types of social classes and different backgrounds with their own completely different sets of opinions. Everyone has their own opinion on how people should carry themselves and approach others. Throughout both Confucius and Buddha both discuss their philosophies on the “golden” way to act. All through the Analects of Confucius the author discusses his opinions on the right

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    models that classified culture along four different dimensions – Power Distance Index‚ Individualism versus Collectivism‚ Masculinity versus Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance Index‚ Long Term Orientation versus Short Term Normative Orientation and Indulgence versus Restraint. 2. Account for the way in which Hofstede has made his survey and has developed his cultural dimensions He analysed a large database of employee value scores collected within IBM between 1967 and 1973. And the data covered more

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