Chapter 13 Assignment #1 13.1 (Ryan Cho)
Christian Humanist, Pluralism, indulgence.
1. Christian Humanist. Christian Humanists were people whose beliefs were based on an old Renaissance movement that combined a revived interest in humanity’s nature and the Christian faith. Christian humanists impacted art in a large and important way, while also changing the focus of religious scholarship. Christian humanists also helped shape personal spirituality and achievements, and eventually influenced the Protestant Reformation.
2. Pluralism. Pluralism is the view that politics, government, and decision making are located mostly in the framework of government, but also stating that many non-governmental groups use their resources to provide influence. …show more content…
The Northern Humanist movement was the Christian movement that became popular because it emphasized how leadership could be changed throughout society. The Northern Humanists believed that in order for a society to change, there must also be a change in leadership. The leader of the Northern Humanists was Desiderius Erasmus, who sought to restore Christianity to its all natural state. Erasmus wrote The Handbook of the Christian Knight, which stressed how Christians should live. It said that Christians should follow the Bible instead of listening to the corruption of the Church. The Northern Humanist movement emphasized education because it helped teach the true teachings of the bible. Education helped many Christians join the Northern Humanist movement because they knew what they were …show more content…
Some clergy and monarchs resented the tithes (a proportion of the sum collected by the church) that they paid to the central Catholic Church in Italy. The Catholic Church had become a major landowner all over Europe and this ownership of extensive areas of land by religious orders, churches, monasteries and cathedrals had not gone unnoticed. With land comes political power, and for any king or lord whose own clergy deferred to a foreign authority the issue was now political rather than religious.
5) How are the beliefs of Thomas a’ Kempis similar to those of Erasmus? How does this help undermine the Catholic Church?
Both Kempis and Erasmus did not want to destroy the Catholic Church, but rather put the Church in order and unity in a way that benefitted all Christians. Both men de-emphasized the physical forms of the Catholic Church such as the sacraments and the relics. Instead of those ideas, the Northern Humanists emphasized the inner ideas of the Church including understanding the original meanings of the Bible. Both Northern Humanists, each of them had no problem with religion, but rather how the Catholic Church controlled its citizens.
Each of their goals were to encourage citizens to live simply and make religion a personal
Christian Humanist, Pluralism, indulgence.
1. Christian Humanist. Christian Humanists were people whose beliefs were based on an old Renaissance movement that combined a revived interest in humanity’s nature and the Christian faith. Christian humanists impacted art in a large and important way, while also changing the focus of religious scholarship. Christian humanists also helped shape personal spirituality and achievements, and eventually influenced the Protestant Reformation.
2. Pluralism. Pluralism is the view that politics, government, and decision making are located mostly in the framework of government, but also stating that many non-governmental groups use their resources to provide influence. …show more content…
The Northern Humanist movement was the Christian movement that became popular because it emphasized how leadership could be changed throughout society. The Northern Humanists believed that in order for a society to change, there must also be a change in leadership. The leader of the Northern Humanists was Desiderius Erasmus, who sought to restore Christianity to its all natural state. Erasmus wrote The Handbook of the Christian Knight, which stressed how Christians should live. It said that Christians should follow the Bible instead of listening to the corruption of the Church. The Northern Humanist movement emphasized education because it helped teach the true teachings of the bible. Education helped many Christians join the Northern Humanist movement because they knew what they were …show more content…
Some clergy and monarchs resented the tithes (a proportion of the sum collected by the church) that they paid to the central Catholic Church in Italy. The Catholic Church had become a major landowner all over Europe and this ownership of extensive areas of land by religious orders, churches, monasteries and cathedrals had not gone unnoticed. With land comes political power, and for any king or lord whose own clergy deferred to a foreign authority the issue was now political rather than religious.
5) How are the beliefs of Thomas a’ Kempis similar to those of Erasmus? How does this help undermine the Catholic Church?
Both Kempis and Erasmus did not want to destroy the Catholic Church, but rather put the Church in order and unity in a way that benefitted all Christians. Both men de-emphasized the physical forms of the Catholic Church such as the sacraments and the relics. Instead of those ideas, the Northern Humanists emphasized the inner ideas of the Church including understanding the original meanings of the Bible. Both Northern Humanists, each of them had no problem with religion, but rather how the Catholic Church controlled its citizens.
Each of their goals were to encourage citizens to live simply and make religion a personal