To what extent was Martin Luther responsible for the ’revolutionary’ Protestant reformation in Germany? In this essay‚ I will attempt to assess the extent of Martin Luther’s role in the Protestant reformation that took place at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Germany. Luther’s name is synonymous with the religious Reformation of the sixteenth century‚ or the ’evangelical movement’ as it is sometimes called‚ but the actual details of the Reformation itself are somewhat lesser known. Luther’s
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In my opinion Martin Luther and the Protestants were right to protest against the Catholic Church. In this short essay I will discuss the reasons why Martin Luther and the Protestants were right to protest against the Catholic Church. My first reason is that the Catholic Church was taking advance of the people and was cheating people. Catholics believed that Priests could forgive people’s sins in exchange for a gift called “indulgences”. These gifts or indulgences could be money‚ clothes‚ decoration
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By the late 1500s‚ Christian divisions had been flying up all over Europe. This was in light of the reports of liberalities (offering of opportunity from limbo)‚ administrative indecency‚ manhandle of cash‚ alongside numerous other awful activities that were uncontrolled among the Church. It was these issues that Luther and others revolted and made their own religions. With the ascending of these Reformation developments‚ the Church expected to make a few changes itself. These changes appeared as
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The Protestant Reformation may be described as a time of “reclamation.” Reformers set out to bring doctrine and practice into closer alignment with the New Testament. Following the Reformation‚ a period of rationalism set in. Human reason became the final court of appeal. What started as a response to a cry for reclamation of revealed scripture now heard voices that denied the existence of revelation. Although this Age of Reason is bracketed from 1648 to 1789‚ its effect has continued to the present
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receive spiritual teachings from the Holy Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Enlightened by Jesus Who is the Light of the world [Jn. 1:9]‚ the new Christians now have the potential of becoming ’children of light’. [1 Thess. 5:5; Heb. 10:32; Eph. 5:8] (C.C.C. # 1216‚ 1228) The Sacrament of Baptism is often called "The door of the Church‚" because it is the first of the seven sacraments not only in time (since most Catholics receive it as infants) but in priority‚ since the reception of the
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The Spanish Inquisition and the Protestant Reformation were two separate attempts to respond to social and religious unrest. The Spanish Inquisition was born from a social matter and the Protestant Reformation was started by Martin Luther. Both of these events called attention to wrongdoings that were happening in the Church. It is also often believed that the Catholic Church was responsible for most‚ if not all‚ of the horrors that happened during these events. However‚ this is not the case. Both
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overshadowed are sometimes forgotten about. However‚ this does not make them less important. Sir Henry Morton Stanley is one of these people who was overshadowed. Although he may be seen as inferior to other people‚ he did a lot in his lifetime. On January 28‚ 1841‚ Sir Henry Morton Stanley‚ original name John Rowlands‚ Congolese name is Bula Matari‚ “Breaker of Rocks”‚ was born in Denbigh‚ Wales. He was a British American explorer of central Africa and is famous for his rescue of the Scottish explorer
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“Nationalists” they were people who felt as though these groups of citizens should have control over their government and country rather than leaving control in the hands of the aristocratic elite‚ or the hands of distant power. This is how nationalism was successful in challenging the governments of small kingdoms‚ or large empires‚ this in part it what made it a defining political institution of modern age (Getz‚ T. R. & Brooke J. E.‚ 2012). There is also another definition of nationalism this side
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times authority‚ the Catholic Church. These two had created a new way of thinking and voicing it out‚ especially when it comes to religion. Questioning the Catholic Church and the works that came with that made both of them landmark points in the world’s history but the question relies on why they attacked the fundamental principles of the church. The strong opposition to selling indulgences and that anyone could make its way to heaven if they had the right amount of money was what ignited the reformation
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account for the major causes and consequences of the Protestant Reformation The Protestant Reformation of 15171 was the schism within Western Christianity initiated by the actions of a group of reformers; John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ John Calvin and Martin Luther. Martin Luther is one of the most well-known reformers as he nailed 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg‚ Germany to bring attention to the fact that the Roman Catholic Church was corrupt. Many controversies arose because the theses
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