development of churches throughout Rome as well as the Holy Land (St. Helen). St. Helena gave orders to the Emperor Constantine to build a church in Jerusalem in honor of the Resurrection of Christ. She also discovered the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem. Due to her extensive service to the church and her efforts in discovering the True Cross, St. Helena is known as the “Equal of the Apostles.” During the Reform Movement women took advantage of the new ideas that were spreading during the time and gained access to education, which resulted in more involvement within the church. Education was necessary tool for girls to gain knowledge as future mothers. During the 1550’s and onward, women could be seen holding prayer meetings
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The birth of Jesus points to a significant moment whereby God favors the poor in which He sends an angel of the Lord to the poor shepherds who were keeping watch over their flock during the nighttime. The angel delivered the good news and said, “The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!” (Luke 2:11). God sets the tone by demonstrating the idea that any individual could have been chosen to receive this news, but God chooses the poor shepherds to be the first to hear the good news and to pass the message to Mary, Jesus’ mother. They were so favored by God that they were visited by a multitude of angels (Luke …show more content…
In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the church door challenging them to alter its mentality of the selling of indulgences in turn for the acceptance of the idea that the entrance to heaven is found by the grace of God. Luther in his 95 Theses stated, “Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better deed than he who buys indulgences” (95 Theses, 43). People believed that donating money to the needy would provide salvation. Luther, however, altered this idea by saying that salvation would not be attained through good works, but their faith would. Luther argued that their motivation to care for the poor was all people needed, as such an act was a civilian obligation. Cities that adopted the Reformation took on this responsibility of caring for those in need (Reformer Martin
The birth of Jesus points to a significant moment whereby God favors the poor in which He sends an angel of the Lord to the poor shepherds who were keeping watch over their flock during the nighttime. The angel delivered the good news and said, “The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!” (Luke 2:11). God sets the tone by demonstrating the idea that any individual could have been chosen to receive this news, but God chooses the poor shepherds to be the first to hear the good news and to pass the message to Mary, Jesus’ mother. They were so favored by God that they were visited by a multitude of angels (Luke …show more content…
In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the church door challenging them to alter its mentality of the selling of indulgences in turn for the acceptance of the idea that the entrance to heaven is found by the grace of God. Luther in his 95 Theses stated, “Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better deed than he who buys indulgences” (95 Theses, 43). People believed that donating money to the needy would provide salvation. Luther, however, altered this idea by saying that salvation would not be attained through good works, but their faith would. Luther argued that their motivation to care for the poor was all people needed, as such an act was a civilian obligation. Cities that adopted the Reformation took on this responsibility of caring for those in need (Reformer Martin