16th Century American Religion Essay

After completing the religion tests, my results concluded that my beliefs matched with the Conservative Christian/Protestant. This religion originated during the 16th century, however, the idea began in 1517. Martin Luther, whose life began in Germany was a priest of the Roman Catholic church who challenged the beliefs of the church during 1517. He disagreed with the religious beliefs and the studies of the religion, coming up with 95 theses that ruled out the faults of the church. With a man named John Calvin and other followers, they freed themselves from the beliefs of the church. The new beliefs and practices of the Protestant church were then produced during the 16th century.
Another founder of the Protestant church was Huldrych Zwingli who also had problems with the beliefs and teachings of the Roman …show more content…
When being created, followers believe that a person is made to resemble God. Protestant’s believe that throughout your life, your purpose is to promote not only God, but the beliefs that reside in the religion’s practices and teachings. Your relationship with God and people throughout the world that you meet is supposed to be full of love and happiness. Follower’s also believe in Jesus, God’s son. Jesus came to this Earth once to teach the inhabitants of our Earth that God exists and forgives everyone for their sins. Follower’s believe that not believing in God results in pain and death throughout the world. After death, a soul will live an eternity in Hell. Hell is full of cruel punishments for the numerous sins that a person has committed during their lifetime. Follower’s believe that “Heaven is a state of blessedness in the presence of God, something humans have not been able to experience since the fall of Garden of Eden.” (Vial, n.d) Protestants believe that if you sin throughout your life, asking for forgiveness from God and believing in God would prevent you from suffering an eternity in