Martin Luther became one of the most influential figures in Christian history when he began the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. He called into question some of the basic tenets of Roman Catholicism‚ and his followers soon split from the Roman Catholic Church to begin the Protestant tradition. In the summer of 1505‚ twenty-two year old Luther applied to join the Augustinian order of monks‚ founded by Saint Augustine in the fifth century. Luther was accepted into the monastery where he
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Economic Pursuits of the Jews in the Middle Ages The Jews in the middle ages progressed economically through various occupations. Their economic status was very volatile for many reasons. No area of Jewish life in Western Europe offers such a perpetual change as the economy does. The Jews most specifically participated in international trade‚ crafts‚ slave trade‚ local trade‚ and most popularly in money lending. The Jewish people participated in commerce in the countries of western Mediterranean
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responsible for murdering six million Jews. Hitler thought that all of the Jews should be complete killed off. And he also kind of created his own religion called Nazism which is basically a modified version of NSDAP which is one of the many religions of the 19th centrey. Hitler never really went to a church to practice these religions like most of the other religions. Hitler’s religion was not a church religion but an ideology he created to exterminate the Jews. Adolph Hitler and is his followers
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“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”it means that he said some things that people did not like and they thought it was hell.Harry S. Truman‚ (born May 8‚ 1884‚ Lamar‚ Missouri‚ U.S.A he was the son of John Anderson A cattle trader Martha young truman he was named harry because of his mother’s brother He was given the middle initial “S”but no name for his grandfathers‚ Anderson Shippe Truman and Solomon Young. 33rd president of the United States (1945–53)
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States of America is based on will never be perfect; there will always be a margin of error. Because of the infallibility of human nature‚ a few people each year are accused of crimes in which they did not even commit. Should innocent citizens be placed on death row and sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit? Because the justice system will never be perfect and mistakes are inevitably going to be made‚ capital punishment is not a just solution‚ especially for the innocent. Furthermore‚ many
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To what extent was religion a major issue for the combatants of the Thirty Years War? A series of wars in central Europe beginning in 1618 that stemmed from conflict between Protestants and Catholics and political struggles between the Holy Roman Empire and other powers. It ended with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/thirty-years-war#ixzz38kVKtFWu Thirty Years War (1618-48). The Thirty Years War had its roots in the dynastic and imperial ambitions of
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“War‚ what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. War‚ I despise because it means destruction of innocent lives. War means tears to thousands of mothers’ eyes; when their sons go to fight and lose their lives. War is an enemy to all mankind‚ the reasons of war blows my mind. War has caused unrest in my generation‚ who wants to die? War has shattered many young man’s dreams‚ made him disabled‚ bitter and mean. Life is much too precious to spend fighting wars these days. War can’t give life; it can
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Passage 57 of Jacob Rader Marcus’s work‚ The Jew in the Medieval World‚ provides great insight into the role of Jews under Muslim rule during the 10th century. The primary individual of the document is Saadia‚ who became the Gaon at the academy of Sura during the period of the Abbasid caliphate. During this dynasty‚ the “Jews had a political head in the exilarch and great religious leaders in the Geonim” (Marcus 323). Through the story of Saadia‚ it is apparent that while both the gaon and the exilarch
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Not Another Jew Story Everyone has their own conception of Jesus‚ what he was‚ what he did‚ and why he did it‚ yet these conceptions are often different than the one depicted by the earliest written account of Jesus’ life‚ “The Gospel of Mark.” The Jesus in Mark has one main purpose‚ to forgive humans’ sins through his teachings. Jesus will not deviate much from his goal for the sake of momentary good and his teachings are quite radical. This is a big part of the reason why he gets crucified
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concentration camp’s prisoners shouldn’t have to deal with their comrades turning on each other. Examples of this include the foreman who forces Elie to give him his gold tooth (53) and the old man whose son kills him for a piece of bread (96). In the first case‚ a young man named Franek‚ the foreman of the place where Elie works‚ one day suddenly tells Elie‚ "Give me your crown‚ kid." This is a shock; Elie describes him as a usually "sympathetic‚ intelligent youth" (52). Like so many others in the camp‚ though
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