Lutheranism

THE RENAISSANCE The Renaissance was a period in European history from the 14th to the 17th century. It was known as a cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It was a time of great innovations, political dissolution, religious turmoil, and remarkable literary creations. Innovations. The Renaissance was a time of celebrated innovations. Some of them include the Blast Furnace, which enabled iron to be produced in significant quantities. The Finery Forge, which enabled them…

guidance of clergy. • Catholic Counter Reformation • The Inquisition court was established by the Catholic Church in order to punish anyone who went against the teachings of the Church. The Catholic Church also banned Protestant Books. • “Denounced Lutheranism and reaffirmed Catholic doctrine” Jack Arnold ECONOMIC IMPACT • The Reformation strengthened the Middle Class. (john green) • Although the Reformation lessened the peasants opportunity to challenge their place in the class structure,…

translated the Bible into German and continued his output of gospel pamphlets. When German peasants, inspired in part by Luther’s empowering “priesthood of all believers,” revolted in 1524, Luther sided with Germany’s princes. By the Reformations end, Lutheranism had become the state religion throughout much of Germany, Scandinavia and the Baltics. Years after Luther's death his spirit live on in people such as John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli who were responsible for the upkeep and spread of…

is no longer a question about a revenger but the nature of a true revenger. The use of delay is indeed a tool used in Shakespeare to prevail the notion of his humanism versus traditional beliefs. Hamlet attended Wittenberg, the epicentre of Lutheranism. Strengthening his advocacy for humanism, a system focusing on human potential, an era for new learning and questioning the meaning of reason and faith. Therefore the introduction of the ghost is significant “but in the gross and scope of mine…

Essential Questions: How did Europe's geography/advantages lead to its rise as a global power? Europe’s one huge geographical advantage that led to its rise in global power was its variety in geographical features. First, Europe had many different geographical features such as mountains that would provide metals like gold or silver, and it flatlands built for farming. With that Europe is also known as the peninsula of peninsulas, so there is plenty of water around it. This water can provide…

Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. Hans and Margarette were his parents and they came from peasant linage. His father did have some success as a miner and ore smelter. A year later in 1484, their family moved to Mansfeld and Martin went to school there. Hans wanted a good life for his son and knew mining wasn 't going to be stable since it was such a tough business to be in. His father then became a lawyer, knowing that job would be better for the family.…

U Unitarians This 19th century movement began in Boston, USA, with the attempt by William Channing to preach a ‘’Unitarian Christianity.’’ This was to make the faith ‘’reasonable’’ by rejecting all miraculous elements of the New Testament and of Christian doctrine. Thus the Trinity is rejected because if God is one then God is not three; if Jesus is a man, he cannot also be God. Channing and those who followed his teaching trusted in human progress to reach moral decisions and not on…

The movement was first called Calvinism by Lutherans who opposed it, and many within the tradition would prefer to use the word Reformed. Since the Arminian controversy, the Reformed tradition — as a branch of Protestantism distinguished from Lutheranism — divided into separate groups, Arminians and Calvinists. Reformed churches may exercise several forms of ecclesiastical polity, but most are presbyterian or…

“Reformation Identities” rightly said that The discovery and conquest of the new worlds did not remain unknown to Luther, but they did not provoke him to any theological response. Not only Lutheranism, but all of Protestantism, remained aloof from the world missionary zealotry throughout the 16th century. Within Lutheranism, the rejection of the targeted missions until well into the 17th century was theologically justified on the ground that the Great Commission (Mat. 28:19) only applied to the…

secured a new look for Europe. With an array of new nations, religion remained constant. Societal change was inevitable with the splitting of the Holy Roman Empire, but that did not cause the three major religions in Europe to change. Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism preserved their identities based on their fundamental ideology and original…