Lutheranism

For what my two cents are worth, Karl Marx is one of the greatest and most influential philosophers in history. In addition to the litany of ideas and thoughts he contributed to the eternally evolving world of philosophy, Marx is also a premiere example of how philosophers build of one another’s work. Marx drew from many of his predecessors, but there were two in particular that influenced Marx tremendously. Both Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Charles Darwin, made astronomical impacts on Karl…

Throughout the early modern era there were varied causes for the wars, some more significant than others. Three of the main causes for the wars at this time were power and territory, material wealth, and nationalism. Power and territory influenced the rulers of each country that were trying to expand their nation and power, by gaining more territory. Material wealth was fought over, to expand the resources of the country and to have more personal gain. Nationalism was the third cause of warring…

1521 Pope Leo X believes that Martin Luther has gone too far with his writings and is excommunicated from the Catholic Church. After his excommunication, he starts a reformation of the church and eventually makes his own sect of Protestantism, Lutheranism. Luther who also translated the New Testament of the Bible from Latin to German which was very important because it allowed more people to have access to the Bible. The peasants of Germany have the ability to understand what the word of God.…

there were many aftermath effects due to the reformation as it led to radical changes in ideas, deaths, change of the authorities, and this reformation turned out to be a revolution in the end. Hence, the reformation gave rise to the religions like Lutheranism in the Europe. Martin Luther had exceptional ideologies and his teaching system featured group discussions, where his apprentices were evaluated on basis of the standard and the depth of the logic in debate. He strongly believed in…

The Sami people, being so diverse and widespread, stretch across many different cultural backdrops, making pinning down the context within which they dwell complicated at best. Their nomadic lifestyle makes this even more of a challenge. Furthermore, their preference of extreme climates and wilderness settings questions the existence of any social context at all, other than the reindeer they herd. In fact, until the liberalization instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980’s, the Russian…

The Church visited was a Roman Catholic Church named, St. Catherines of Sienna located in the centre of the city of Mississauga. Founded and started in 1956 by missionaries whose goal was to minister to immigrants, and it’s goals today remain unchanged. Research Question The research question I formulated is, “What is the significance/symbol of the red candles, located in the two rear fronts of the church?” This was a question I had the entire time during the Church’s service. Before and…

Church. Martin Luther lead and initiated the movement, with his work on The Ninety- Five These. The movement within Germany expanded immediately and reform movements also independently arose from Luther. By the end of the Reformation movement, Lutheranism was considered the state religion through most of Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Northern Europe. The Reformation impacted what people believed and worshiped; as Catholicism attempted to keep their power and dominance, various…

With religious war ravaging across the entire European continent, fear of being attacked was a constant. Religions and faiths were changing left and right; the rise of Lutheranism produced doubts within the people towards the church. On top of that fear, people also held a strong fear of contracting the plague and disease. Another fear held by the people was fear of witchcraft. Superstitions of white and black magic held…

Norway is a country that has a long history of struggles that is important to its identity. One of the first people in Norway were the Vikings, who founded settlements that are still around today. After the Vikings, it became a unified nation with many kings to rule them. Around the middle of the 1300s, Norway became unified with Denmark. A few centuries later, Norway gained its independence. It also suffered much destruction from World War II, but has recovered well. Norway is a nation with a…

In the German culture greater emphasis is placed on verbal communication rather than non-contextual language. It is considered socially desirable for an individual to express thoughts and feelings in a concise, straight-forward manner. With this being said, personal thoughts are considered to be private and displaying emotion can be viewed as showing vulnerability. Therefore, emotions and physical displays of affection are not common, and in the German culture this is preferable as it displays…