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    institutions‚ but can be traced back to the 1527 when King Henry III‚ then married to Catherine of Aragon‚ sought a divorce from his wife through the Catholic Church. Given that the Roman Catholic Church at the time believed in marriage for the life‚ the Pope refused his request for annulment. Going against the Papal decree‚ King Henry III marries Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church which still considers him married to Catherine of Aragon. King Henry III then declares himself

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    allowed to pay to have their sins forgiven (Doc. 2). Luther experienced that evil practices that the Catholic church followed therefore he revoked them. He believed that the Pope was an evil man that ran the church as the Devil would (Doc. 4). Luther truly thought that the Catholics followed the Devil in the form of the Pope. Although Luther did not believe in the teachings of the Catholic church‚ he did accept as true the traditional teachings of God. Luther trusted in and practiced unconditional

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    deteriorated during the 5th and 6th centuries and had been replaced by independent kingdoms ruled by Germanic nobles. The Roman imperial office had been vacant after Romulus Augustulus was deposed in ad 476. But‚ during the turbulent early Middle Ages‚ the popes had kept alive the traditional concept of a temporal realm coextensive with a spiritual realm of the church. The Byzantine Empire‚ which controlled the Eastern Roman Empire from its capital‚ Constantinople (now İstanbul‚ Turkey)‚ retained nominal sovereignty

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    seat in all parts of the world and rule all people‚ whether Christians‚ Moors‚ Jews‚ Gentiles or any other sect. He was named Pope‚ which means admirable and greatest father‚ governor of all men. Those who lived at that time obeyed St. Peter as Lord and superior King of the universe‚ and so did their descendants obey his successors and so on to the end of time. The late Pope gave these islands and mainland of the ocean and the contents hereof to the above-mentioned King and Queen‚ as is certified

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    eventually the fall of the Islamic Kingdoms. The Crusades was supposed to be a Holy War of Roman Christianity against Islam‚ but it also had to do with Western Europeans wanting more land and power. Lots of knights and lords went on this trip because the Pope said they would have the opportunity to kill people or die and go to heaven. When the crusaded ended and almost all the knights and lords died‚ the serfs were the only ones left on the manors. This lead to the decline of manorialism because serfs were

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    Germany and Gregory VII was the Pope. The controversy between these men brought about many issues. In 1706‚ these issues are brought up in a long letter written by Henry IV. He addresses this letter to the Pope (Noble 250). Henry IV begins this letter to the Pope by immediately denouncing him and calling him a “false monk” (250). Henry goes into detail on how the Pope has not brought honor but disgrace to the church. He points out the mistreatment of the Pope when he says‚ “you have dared to

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    The underlying causes that brought on the Protestant Reformation would be Martin Luther creating Lutheranism‚ Christians deciding to change their religion‚ discarding large parts of the Bible‚ and leaving the old authority of the Pope behind over indulgences. The Reformation had many causes but the top three would be‚ social‚ political‚ and economic. The political causes began over Nationalism‚ the Pope’s control resenting‚ a foreign ruler‚ and the protection of leaders. Both Protestantism and

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    a few main statements can be explored. Martin Luther presents his ideas about the pope’s rights‚ pilgrimages‚ the office of the ministry‚ festivals‚ begging‚ and his writings. The professor believes that the pope is not allowed to have control over the emperor. Martin states that the pope only has the right to anoint and crown the emperor at the altar. From his perspective‚ it is the devil‚ who has invented the pope’s ideas about ruling the whole world and becoming rich. He confirms the devilish

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    The late medieval Catholic Church faced monumental crises during the Avignon papacy‚ the Great Schism‚ the Conciliar period‚ and the Renaissance papacy. The leadership of the pope was called into questions due to inappropriate behaviors such as‚ corruption and political manipulation. Many laity and intellectual felt a sense of spiritual crisis. As a result‚ criticism of the church gradually rose. By 16th century‚ religious movements and protests were spreading throughout Europe. Lutheran‚ Zwinglian

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    The definition of a revolution is known as the "forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system." However‚ revolutions are more than simply overthrowing and establishing new rule. Much conflict takes place in a revolution‚ but revolutions are also times of new enlightenments to further progress‚ ways of thinking‚ as well as reforming old ideas into new. The age of the Renaissance brought on new ideals of humanism in political and social revolts. Bringing in that individuals

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