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be no one to do the labor. The English did not conquer this land just to laboriously work it; what fun would that be? So the majority of Irish Catholic laborers remained. This also included those who had a certain trade like baker, cobbler, carpenter, etc. However at some times the government would strictly enforce the no Catholics law, only for the Catholic workers to return once the dust had settled. Parliament decreed however, that the Irish that did stay had to become more “anglicized”. This…

The Protestant Reformation of the 1600’s was a major turning point in history that shaped our faith and theology. By the 1600’s the Catholic Church had become the wealthiest and most powerful empires in all of Europe. Ironically enough one of the reasons of the reformation was how this Roman Empire raised money to secure is position of power. In addition the Catholic Church owned large parcels of land about one third of Europe. There were many leaders instrumental to this protestant revolution…

highlights the power of individual beliefs to shape social ideas and in turn the power of social ideas to shape human lives. In the first chapter of our text History, Historiography, Interpretations Lindberg describes the way in which Lutheran, Catholic, Reformed…

“The true treasure of the church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God” (Luther). Unrest with the Roman Catholic Church occurred in the early 16th century. For hundreds of years, the Church controlled almost all of Europe, with the scent of distrust in the air. Corruption plagued the Church, however, millions of Europeans accepted this way of life. However, a man by the name of Martin Luther rose from the depths of society to protest the Church. With the writing of The…

For hundreds of years the Catholic Church preached that good works were essential to attaining salvation, and John Fisher did the same in his sermon denouncing Luther’s ideals. Contrasting the Catholic Church, within Martin Luther’s On the Freedom of a Christian and Hans Staden’s True History, both men, in their own terms, claim good words are meaningless in salvation and attaining God’s grace. For this argument, good works is an umbrella term where prayer can be considered a good work, but good…

With the fall of the Roman Empire the Catholic Church took over leading to a huge rise in the Christian religion. With the Catholic Church now in power resulted in more people practicing the Christian religion, thus creating what is and was known as Christendom. The rise and evolution of Christendom was a response to factors shared by many other civilizations. Many of the factors were that Christendom has many wars, major changes in the rulers, some successes and a couple failures. This had all…

Nataly Oliver Mrs. Gawith English 1 26 January 2016 Mary Queen of Scots withheld the throne of Scotland at a young age but grew up having troubles being the right queen. When Mary Queen had been born she had to take a big part of the family. “She was born at Linlithgrow Palace, West Lothian on 8 December 1542” (Mary Queen of Scots Biography). “Mary became Queen of Scots when she was six days old.” (The official website of the British Monarchy). “She was the daughter of King James V of…

The origins of a European war Strong tensions between Catholics and Protestants The spread of Protestantism in its Lutheran version in German states in the sixteenth century led to clashes between Lutheran princes and princes remained Catholic under the leadership of Emperor Charles V. In 1555, the Peace of Augsburg suspended hostilities by requiring each state religion of its prince. Lutheranism continued to grow until 1570 while Calvinism new confession not recognized by the Peace of…

that salvation could not be bought but received through faith alone. In 1520 he issues an Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation to gain the support of German nobles who he knew were power hungry. Martin Luther informed them that the Catholic Church was abusing its power and deceiving Christians. He states “It has been devised that the Pope, bishops, priests, and monks are called the spiritual estate; princes, lords, artificers, and peasants, are the temporal estate. This is…

who wanted to change things about the Catholic Church, and this is the main reason why he wrote the theses. He wrote the Ninety-Five Theses, also known as the Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, to debate a list of questions and propositions. He did not know at the time that his writings would start a revolutionary break. In his writing, he expressed his opinions of how things should be. His writings also started a big split in the Catholic Church, and hence Protestantism…