Counter-Reformation

The Humor of Martin Luther Martin Luther was the hero of the Great Reformation. He swung a special hammer to nail the 95 Theses on the Wittenberg door. His swing ignited sparkle on the protestant churches. His hammer was made of the silver of intelligence, the iron of theology, and the gold of humor. Surprisingly, the gold in his hammer can poop and fart. Luther employed his scatological humor smartly and habitually in ecclesiastical, theological, and sociopolitical circumstances.…

The invention of reading and writing created a mean of communication that allowed anyone to send any message to masses of people. The problem was that when this capability got into the wrong hands, the wrong message can be sent to the public. This is why those who are in power must take it upon themselves to control who is allowed to harness this technology and what is allowed to be written. The term “censura librorum” is a term used by the Catholic Church for the act of having religious…

minds have examined the debate on the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Advancement and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred, such as, the Reformation against the Roman Catholic Church popes which changed a lot of religions and peoples thoughts about the Roman Catholic Church. All of these events contributed to the idea that reformation and religion are better than scientific revolution and explorers. Thus reformation and religion is the most important period…

Church Comparison For this spiritual growth project, I attended three fairly different Churches. For the first, I attended CCF, which is a non-denominational evangelical Church. The second was First Presbyterian Church of Siloam Springs, a Presbyterian Church USA member. Finally, I went to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which is under the Diocese of Little Rock, which in turn reports to Rome. Growing up, I have been a part of several Churches, so I really did not have any expectations of what any…

Trouble in Paradise Well maybe not heaven on earth the island nations of the British isles offer a unique climate with rolling green pastures, misty mountain crags, breathtaking castles, and cool summer breezes. There is something about Ireland that makes people just want to come back, but however like any place it has not been with out its share of wars and troubles. Ireland has a unique problem that has been around for hundreds of years. A question remains in the minds of many of those…

across Europe began to have problems with the Catholic Church. Educated professors, common people, and even some religious officials were calling for a reform in the church. The people who led the reformation, known as the reformers had four different central ideas that were the basis of the reformation. The first central ideas of the reformers was “How is a person to be saved”. The reformers encouraged the fact that people can become saved by their faith alone and by doing good deeds. The…

reasons that led to the Reformation and the split of the Catholic Church. The formation of various religious movements in the 14th and 15th century, relocation of the Papacy to Avignon, and internal corruption, contributed to the weakening of its authority. The deadly Black Plague of the 14th century and inability of the Church to offer a solution for it strongly undermined the Church’s power and its credibility. One of events, however, that gave foundation to the Reformation was the Renaissance…

Catholicism was the strongest force of power and politics in the 1400’s . While the church had divine power over Europe it also abused its rule by monetizing faith and spreading it to the people. This urged for change and reformation through the religion. Even though the Reformation of the 1500-1700 was based around faith it became just as much involved in political matter as it did religious. The power of the Church in the 1500s was…

In every religion there is a holy book that is regarded by its followers as un-disturbed and accurate word to guide ones faith. The Islamists have the Quran, the Jewish people have the Torah and the Christians have the bible, which has not been un-disturbed through the centuries. In Peter J. Thuesen’s book In Discordance with the Scriptures, The study presents the debate concering the translations of the bible amongst Conservative and liberal Protestants in America, specifically, over…

accepting Puritans among her advisors, Puritans believed things were moving the way they were supposed to (p. 16). Although they thought things were coming along James I kind of crushed those spirits. James I disliked Puritans and allowed no further reformation of the church (p. 17). Parliament became the bright hope for puritans as they thought its efforts would save them from God’s wrath (p. 22). The when Charles I took the throne things started to plummet both religiously and in the…