Clergy

commonly known for being the key component of the Reformation. His Ninety-Five Theses Concerning Indulgences, which he posted on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, grabbed many people’s attention for listing the issues of the corrupt clergy and is commonly known for marking the start the Reformation. However, according to the Sixteenth Century Dutch scholar Erasmus, “The egg was laid. Luther had but to incubate and hatch it.” There was an abundance of underrated people that…

The elite and the clergy did not care about the bottom. The only thing that mattered to them was order and power. The marginalized were burned alive, stoned to death, ripped apart on a wheel, and several other inhuman way to end a life, so there would be order and peace.…

After the outbreaks were over there were, what many thought, a large amount of clergy and laity killed. Many others hypothesized that the clergy and laity completely abandoned their posts and were never seen again. That is one argument that still occurs today. This made for a large need for recruitment of new clergy and laity. This was one contributing factor to a reformation in the 16th century. With religion, overall the faith began to decline…

Scripture are actually preached, so there is a real need to study the remaining parts of the Bible. Putting this proposal into action can occur in a variety of ways. One example is the model of the modern day Bible study, in which people (laity and clergy alike) gather outside of the Sunday service to study Scripture and have meaningful discussions. This kind of interaction, according to…

771, Charlemagne became the sole ruler of the Franconian people, who were a Germanic government by origin. The Franks society was composed mostly of three classes: (1) the peasants - those who work, (2) the nobility - those who fight, and, (3) the clergy - those who pray. Most Peasants were illiterate and a few were devout Christians, they did not understand Latin which was the language of the Church.…

Aleh Ahmad’s work Occidentosis takes a bold stance at a turning point in Iranian history. At a time when Iranians were facing the dilemma of seeing where they fit within the ideologies of the West and the Soviet Union, Ahmad challenged Iranians to look inward and embrace the force most resistant to change from outside forces: Islam. In particular, I found the dichotomy between Reza Shah’s westernization reforms and Aleh Ahmad’s Islamic Republic as an ideological battle for the hearts and minds…

The French Revolution: A Redefinition of the Form of Government and Politics. During the period of the years 1789-1799, French citizens lived a time of political and social changes unprecedented in history. The French Revolution proved to be a pivotal period in the history of the world where politics, government, and society in general evolved into a model of a democratic system, also serving as a fundamental base for human beings to recognize their rights and duties. Although many changes…

built three walls in which to hide behind and protect the so-called authority that it possesses. The first of these “paper walls” is the declaration that temporal powers have no jurisdiction over the clergy, but Luther argues that every Christian is on the same playing field. The members of the clergy merely serve as the elected speakers of the body of Christ but are elevated no higher in status when it comes to the spiritual estate.…

were heating up the peasants decided to take matters into their own hands with the help of some major reformers and strike up a rebellion. The reformers helped wield strength within the peasant community to incite them to rebel against the papacy and clergy. During the lives of the peasants of the time moral was low because of the oppression state that was set up by the nobles and upper ranked men. The nobles imposed their will and the peasants and all the peasants can do was to abide…

life, liberty, and property. (Doc1). The French, for example, had a problem with the three estates. The nobles and the clergy, who were the First and Second Estate, weren't having to pay any taxes, and the commoners, the Third Estate, instead, had to pay the taxes and weren't getting paid. In Document 3, pre-revolutionary French cartoonist illustrates these plights. The king, the clergy, and the nobles are relying on the labor and taxes of the Third Estate. The suffering of the peasant farmer…