society transitioned into a period known as the Reformation. Characterized by the rejection of common ritual and ideology‚ the Reformation sparked a different degree of religious curiosity. The Reformation forced the church to adhere to religious tolerance‚ allowing Europeans to discern for themselves what they believed. Hence‚ it was natural that an era considered the Age of Enlightenment followed the period of rejection and questioning known as the Reformation. The Enlightenment marked the beginning of
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EARLY PROTESTANT MISSIONARY EFFORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES: SOME INTERCULTURAL PROBLEMS1 1. Introduction As a trained social anthropologist‚ I would like to present the findings of a three-year research on the early impact of Protestant missionary efforts at the turn of the last century. Some of these could be useful not only to Filipinos but also to other Asian churches as we reflect on the future of Christian mission in Asia. It is important for us to grasp the fact that what we call Christianity
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seen in the varying art themes of the Reformation. The Reformation rejected the secular spirit that had developed during the Italian Renaissance and replaced it with a more religiously obedient‚ strict lifestyle. The development of humanism during the Italian Renaissance prompted people to focus more on the present day and their interests outside of the church. The arts‚ including music‚ fine arts‚ and architecture all flourished. People of the Reformation‚ however‚ dedicated themselves entirely
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Reformation is the religious revolution that took place in Western Europe in the 16th century. It arose from objections to doctrines and practices in the medieval church‚ loss of papal authority and credibility as well as other societal‚ political and economical issues of the time. This revolution had a major impact on Europe and it gave way to short term and long-term consequences‚ which still can be seen today. There were many causes of Reformation‚ some go as far back as the fourteenth century
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Lutheranism: Catoliscism: Actions of the church: The Lutheran Church is the oldest Protestant Christian tradition‚ dating back to the Protestant Reformation and the person of Martin Luther. Lutherans are those Christians who choose to accept Martin Luther’s teachings. On October 31‚ 1517‚ Luther‚ a Catholic monk‚ posted his 95 Theses as a challenge to the doctrine and practices of the Roman Catholic Church‚ hoping to reform the practices he felt were inconsistent with scripture. When the conflict
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more damaging then the Reformation. Faced with the spreading support of Lutheranism by the people and princes of the Empire‚ the Church required an overhaul unheard of since the Council of Nicaea. After a long delay caused by the inaction of Pope Leo X and conflict with France and the Holy Roman Empire‚ Pope Paul III (1534-49) called for what becomes known as the
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Sometime between 1500 and 1620 the Protestant Movement was started in England teaching that through baptism all people were dedicated to the worship of God making us all priests. While the Protestant was making there mark the Catholic church was growing finatually with wealth from selling indulgences to followers that promised pardoned sinners from punishment in the afterlife. A man named Martin Luther led the fight against the Catholic church‚ he was a German monk that believed that the people
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The Protestant Reformation as a whole tells a compelling story‚ with many intricate twists and turns. With the established goals of purifying the way people practiced Christianity‚ the movement and subsequent counter-movements by the Catholic Church grasped Europe in the 15th century. Many people know the stories and successes of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland‚ Germany‚ England‚ and other portions of Western Europe. Lesser known is the story of Poland. Poland’s narrative of religious reform
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reformers‚ commonly known as Anabaptist‚ particularly had an impact in the sixteenth century reformation of Europe. Unlike the magisterial reformers‚ which occurred under the leadership of Luther and Zwingli with the cooperation of the state leaders‚ the theological interpretation of the Radicals offered an alternative and a more revolutionary conclusion from the aims and views of the magisterial driven Reformation. As George Huntston Williams stated that there were “Anabaptists of various types” and
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the Swiss and German Protestants planned a meeting to form alliances and unite against the Catholic regime under the Pope and Charles V. For four days (October 1-4) the Protestant leaders of the day met at Marburg Castle by order of Landgrave Philip of Hesse (1504-1567) and conversed with each other with the ultimate goal of deciding common rules of the Protestant religion. Without a unified creed‚ there would be no alliance between all the disparate factions of the Protestant faith.
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