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    not get decided about what religion occurs where, but many leaders who had different ideas than the original Roman Catholic had left and protested the meeting. They had named this group of people Protestants. And of that branch of Protestants, Lutheranism remains a religion after the reformation as well as many others with slight or greater…

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    The Beginning Before the Protestant Reformation, there were many concerns felt be Catholics. Many people began to voice their opinions as more translations of holy text became widespread. An important aspect of this change was when Greek became common use again during the renaissance and so the original Greek scripts were read and therefore interpreted differently by people, since before this only the Latin Vulgate was approved by the Church meaning that the Church controlled the contents of the…

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    The 95 theses were the initial catalyst for the protestant reformation, they stated why the church was wrong which created a new religion called lutheranism which led to changes in how britain was ruled and how christianity was changed in order to quell the people who joined luther because what the churches did was…

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    In an article titled, “Five Essential Marks of Catholic Schools,” Archbishop J. Michael Miller quotes Michael J. Guerra, former president of the National Catholic Educational Association, who once remarked, "The first and most important task for Catholic schools is to maintain and continually strengthen their Catholic identity" (2006). In an attempt to analyze the state of faith leadership in my school, Omaha Mercy High School, I interviewed three non-religion teachers: Heather Newville…

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    One example of a way that they didn’t really have success was with trying to keep people believing in Catholicism instead of other religions. They pretty much failed on this because the church was split up into different sections like Calvinism, Lutheranism, and Protestant. These religions were created and go against the Catholic ideas but they are still around today and used. Another way that the Catholic church didn’t really have success was when they tried to make people follow the seven…

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    during the Protestant Revolution, a time when people start to think for themselves and choose their own beliefs. Consequently, Bunyan’s novel judges non-Lutheran faiths and glorifies his beliefs in what may be an attempt to convert more people to Lutheranism. He also speaks against the corruption he sees everywhere in the Catholic Church. Bunyan clearly displays his religious beliefs in The Pilgrim’s Progress. The Pilgrim’s Progress argues mainly against Catholicism.…

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    . .According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Norway has a higher rate of psychiatric beds than the OECD average. Norway’s efforts in improving the quality of health care have proven to be effective, as they have had a decrease in suicide rates, fewer hospital beds, and more mental health professionals (Hewlett). Significant advancement in the obtaining of knowledge about mental illnesses has greatly improved doctors’ abilities to make sure they are…

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    live righteously still fell short of God’s mark and remained to be guilty in God’s court of justice. His answer is found in Paul’s letter to the Romans. Justification by faith was believed by Luther as the center of Paul’s teaching and key to the Lutheranism interpretation of Paul’s letters. Calvin centered on Paul’s doctrine of election and predestination. Influenced by Paul’s letters, “Calvin acknowledged that God’s selection of certain individuals for heaven seems arbitrary, but Paul…

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    I would like to share my experience of converting to Pentecostalism for this week’s reflection assignment. I believe that this experience has changed my perspective on my life and this will impact my work and my goals at Colorado Christian University. I have developed a different relationship with God through this experience and I know that it will directly impact my goals because it has impacted my heart. My father was raised Lutheran and we have attended the same church our whole lives. Our…

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    ideas of Protestants, Lutherans and Calvinists. In the view of the Protestant Church, if you are wealthy, God blessed you and you are going to heaven, and accordingly, if you are poor, God did not bless you and you are probably going to hell. In Lutheranism, individuals have a calling. You have a mission in life that God wants you to complete. According to Calvinism, you can understand your mission in life by how much wealth you have accumulated. So, if you are making a substantial amount of…

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