and guide for faith‚ teaching and life thus continuing the Reformation affirmation of sola scriptura. Moravians trained people in trade and useful arts for their work as missionaries and the early Evangelical leaders were trained mainly for humanitarian in the best sense along with evangelistic works. These three movements‚ Puritanism‚ Pietism and Moravian movements on one hand revived the church spiritually on the lines of Reformations and Biblical teachings‚ and on other hand prepared Protestantism
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A wise man once said that everything is about sex‚ except for sex‚ which is about power. This may be perhaps a liberal analogy‚ but it is true that the inception of modern divorce in John Calvin’s Geneva is grounded in both the Protestant view on human sexuality as well as its sensibilities in maintaining order and authority. Both religious and political authorities saw the value in dissolving unhappy unions‚ for reasons of procreation as well as a means of maintaining authority. On the one hand
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Theologian‚ he brought deep changes to the Reformation. By 1530‚ Went to Geneva to help the city split from the Roman Catholic Church. But Calvin’s reforms were not welcome by those in power‚ and he left the city in 1538. When he returned in 1541‚ he instituted radical reform into the church structure and exerted religious authority over the state. His reforms quickly became known as Calvinism and spread throughout Europe‚ where they heavily influenced Protestant reform. Known as the Father of Reformed
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“How and to what extent did the methods and ideals of Renaissance humanism contribute to the Protestant Reformation?” The renaissance and it’s humanistic principles took form in different ways across Europe. In the Italian states‚ for example‚ humanism permeated art‚ resulting is some of mans greatest works which reflect the artists appreciation of the individual and focus away from god. In northern Europe however‚ humanists didn’t turn away from god‚ they instead worked to reform the church
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ALTERNATIVE VIEWS 7 RITSCHL ON LUTHER 10 CONCLUSION 11 INTRODUCTION The doctrine of justification is certainly one of the most influential concepts underlying the Protestant Reformation. Accordingly‚ the distinct breakthrough Luther experienced regarding iustitia Dei‚ the righteousness of God‚ within the context of the Protestant doctrine of justification has been a topic of significant debate. This paper will prove that Luther’s view of the nature of iustitia Dei culminates in an iustitia Christi
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War made his teachings popular among northern German princes. This linkage became ingrained into Protestant German society from the time of Reformation and on. The predominantly Roman Catholic German speaking populations often used their affiliation to the papacy as a justification for political dissidence. 7. Some of the German princes - especially Frederick‚ Elector of Saxony - were "Protestants" who opposed the Edict of Worms. Frederick "kidnapped" Martin Luther after Luther was released by
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In his book Christianity in the West 1400-1700John Bossy approaches the Renaissance and Reformation in a way that more effectively explains the religious practices and beliefs in Europe during the late Middle Ages than other historians and theologians before him. His aim is to discuss the Reformation as more of a history of the people of the Church‚ instead of just the structure of the Church itself. He explores their way of life and their beliefs that were relevant to them in the time (vii). Instead
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Elizabeth 1 argues that dividing up English resources is a bad idea Colonies were a bad idea 2: wanted to put government funding toward protestant causes 3 Sir Walter Ralegh was the earliest Englishman to make an actual attempt at colonization 1 America became attractive to English policy makers in 1580s 4 1http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=W8cr4Vgt9ekC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Roanoke+Colony&ots=ys19S_6b9o&sig=PnfDZvsafb5iFv5-ycyG_X3i2lY#v=onepage&q=Roanoke%20Colony&f=false
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class of people was born → new economy and growth and trade. E.g. Medici… they support the new ideas or art‚ humanism etc. and gave money for it. Reformation (Challenge to the Catholic Church) Who were they?: Scientists and Protestant Christians Monarchs started to gain political power (e.g. Henry VIII) and were able to make Church (Protestant) of England because he has money and he is powerful. Scientists were Christians with the Muslims attitude for knowledge. Scientific Revolution
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developed through the dark ages of the medieval period. The Vulgate remains the official Bible of The Roman Catholic Church (Harris 31-32). The protestant canon differs from the Roman Catholic canon. The protestant Bible is seven books shorter that the Roman Catholic Bible. Martin Luther removed the seven books and placed them in the appendix during the reformation of the church‚ which began in 1517. The books remained I the appendix until 1826 when they were removed all together. Luther ’s German translation
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