Church

Imagine being a member of the Catholic Church in the early 1500’s and witnessing the corruption that occurred. A religious man named Martin Luther lived through the crookedness of the Church and wrote about it to spread awareness throughout Europe. His work inspired others to take action in the Church. These actions caused what we know today as the Protestant Reformation. So, who really was Martin Luther and why was he so important to the start of the Protestant Reformation? To understand what…

Churchgoers Attending church has been a routine event for many Americans since the inception of the nation. It can be the only chance some Americans get to settle down and fellowship with friends and family after a long week of work. Motives for attending church have changed over the years, and it’s no longer a very devout group of people gathered together to become closer to God. Of course, there are still many devout Christians that attend, but many people aren’t. I’ve been attending church…

The Westboro Baptist Church falls under IRS Section 501C which makes the church tax exempt, but they should have to pay taxes. To be in compliant with Section 501C of the Internal Revenue Code church must follow strict guidelines to keep their tax-exempt status. The organization cannot be organized or operated for the benefit of private interest. None of its earnings may inure to any private shareholder or individual. One of the biggest ways churches lose their tax-exempt status is becoming…

in the Roman Catholic Church. Martin Luther was motivated by his own, unique convictions to reject the teachings of the medieval Roman Catholic Church and would challenge…

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is the most well-known religious leader in the world today. The office of the Pope was instituted early in the history of the Church. The Papacy was established much later. The leader of the church in Rome was a Bishop as was customary in the early church. In its origin the office of the Pope was not unlike any other office in church leadership, the term was not used exclusively at the church in Rome nor did it convey any special authority not available to…

living in days of uncertainty. In these uncertain days how can the church rise up and bring healing or guidance to a nation that appears to be worried? The church, as a body of Christ, can be a place for the brokenhearted, for people who are marginalized, for people…

Describe some of the things in the Catholic Church that people like Martin Luther and John Calvin said needed reforming ? Before the Reformation most Christians in Europe where Roman Catholic, there were other types of Christians in Eastern Europe,Asia and Africa but Roman catholicism was the dominant form of Christianity and had been since the 4th century. During the European Middle ages the Catholic Church really dominated european civilization.The Church during the middle ages was very…

the most important reformers in Church history because he was the catalyst to many of the reformations. Luther also has an interestingly dramatic attitude in the way he dealt with life situations. The Catholic Church has been through many ups and downs, but when Luther was called to be a monk the Catholic Church was failing in many ways to be the bride of Christ. When Luther became a monk he began to see the problems with the Catholic Church and wanted to see the Church redeemed from its sinful…

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…

the Saint Peter’s Basilica, he collected money by selling indulgences. The Doctrine of Indulgence says that the church would have the authority to grant people merits to give spiritual benefits. Luther would later then attach to the door of the church at Wittenberg Castle the list of the 95 theses on the indulgences. Soon he would publicly challenge the authority of the Pope and the church council and the response was by giving him two months or be excommunicated. 2. The status of women was…