Indulgence

Pope indulgences should not be preached a lot. The people of the church should be taught that money and greediness should not tie in with God. They should also be taught that they should not make money their god. He thinks that the true meaning of church is the…

also the fact that countries wanted to control their own laws. An important religious cause of the Protestant Reformation was associated with the money that the church had. The church was very rich, for a number of reasons, including for selling indulgences. The church was also very rich for reasons associated with relics, as people would pay for things such as seeing the bones of saints, or attaining pieces of the cross. One of the biggest and most essential religious causes of the Protestant…

There was once a man born in Eisleben, Germany on November 10, 1483 name Martin Luther. Later on during the year 1484 he and his parents moved to Mansfeld, Germany. Where his father Hans owned an ore mining business. His father knew that mining was a hard business and he wanted his son to have a better job, so he wanted Martin to become a lawyer. At the age of seven Martin joined a school in Mansfeld, Germany. Later on at the age of fourteen he decided to go to north of Magdeburg, where he…

thinking that their normal cupcakes. This is a very important event that had happened in the Roman Catholic Church because it showed the church’s corruptness . Jesus told us that we could only get to heaven with our hard work and goodness, the indulgences were supposed to be given when someone did something good, but instead, the church was using them for their own selfishness and selling them for money to the rich and sometimes poor. Diet of the Worms Event: Diet of Worms This restaurant…

The struggles caused by economic disparity and the concentration of wealth has impacted people since the beginning of time. The imbalance can be examined through many different lenses and time periods. Examples can be traced from the days of Jesus to the present time. The problem of economic disparity will likely never go away, but it should not worsen throughout the years like it has especially in recent years in America. The church is not immune from this issue. The Christian church has even…

The Breakaway The political unfairness, poor religious leadership, and the corruption of the Catholic Church caused the Protestant Reformation. The unethical, political relationship between the government and the church drove commoners to the Reformation. Luther criticized the German Lords by saying they “do nothing” and “rob” their “subjects” (Doc C). The unjust government manipulated the commoners into handing over their money, allowing the government to live a lavish life of luxury. The…

•Number of clergy fell by 2/3 and there were fewer religious holidays •Number of churches was reduces and sermons and worship were in the vernacular •Indulgences and shrines were gone, venerating saints and relics became a crime •Luther's New Testament was present in many homes, studied individually •Almost 1/2 of the original converts returned to the Catholic Church before the 17th century •The Reformation…

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the doors of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. At that time, the Catholic church had twisted the original meaning of scriptures to encourage the buying of indulgences, which were paid passes out of purgatory, the costly visiting of relics, most of which were fake, and the submission to the ultimate authority of the pope, who was one of the most powerful men in the world. To add to this injustice, the church purposely refrained from…

Catholic faith. The regulations were made in response to the distaste that the public had shown to the Churches' methods of fundraising. As such, the Church made stricter regulations to combat accusations of corruption such as stricter rules on indulgences. They also made several declarations. One of the declarations was that Catholic tradition is equal to the Scriptures in authority and not Martin Luther's idea of sola scriptura, or the idea that the Scriptures alone were the only…

grievances with the Catholic Church? Briefly describe a few of these grievances. The list of grievances was titled the Ninety-Five Theses. The list was comprised of problems which Luther had with the Church. The main issues included: The sale of indulgence, the power of the Pope, the Priest’s inability to marry, and his belief the humans were not saved by their actions, but their faith instead. What was Martin Luther’s view of the Holy Bible? How did…