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Martin Luther was a normal middle class child growing up in Germany where his father worked very hard to provide the best for his family. He was born on November 11, 1483, in the city of Eiselben, Saxony, which is a division of Germany. Soon after he was born, Martin and his family moved to another German city, Mansfield. Martin’s parents were Hans and Margarethe Luther. Hans worked in the copper mines, but he had many aspirations of his son becoming an influential lawyer. Martin’s grandparents…

was not a great system for some in that position would go on to abuse their power and tell the people to do things that were not part of God’s plan. Instead of looking out for the lost souls they sought what would good on to save them. Martin Luther knew that this was wrong and one of the last straws was that the leaders of the Churches were telling people that they could buy their salvation and be saved from their sin. So he set out to make the Bible accessable…

Vatican is not doing enough to stop the sexual abuse happening inside the Catholic Church, according to Italian author Emiliano Fittipaldi. In an upcoming book titled “Lussuria” (Lust), Fittipaldi features cites court documents and interviews with priests and judicial officials to paint a picture of Pope Francis’ first three years of papacy. The author says the pontiff has done “close to nothing” to address the sexual abuse cases that has tainted the Catholic Church’s image, The Guardian details…

of Clermont (1095) and their lack of support to Pope Urban’s project, the quest for power in Rome came to a crucial turning point after the Great Schism. Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) initiated a new conception of the Church and the role of the papacy within it. His ideas and reforms about the supremacy of the Roman pontiff and that the popes were responsible for the right order in the world, which could only be obtained through righteous Christian violence directed by the papacy, forms the basis…

Kuda Masunungure Exam 2, Question 1 The Reformations, at their core, were not a protest against the Renaissance but rather a protest against the form of the Church that the Renaissance allowed to exist. The Reformations are therefore shaped by the simultaneous rejection of the opulence and excess that fanned the flames of the Church’s corruption and embracing of expression and individualism that allowed for criticism of the Church to occur. In order to understand how the Reformation's reflects…

Martin Luther was a very influential figure in the Christian life in the early 1500s. He spoke out against many of the teaching and practices of the Church and was eventually excommunicated due to his teachings. Luther was initiator of the Protestant Reformation and played a big part in the attempt to reform the Catholic Church. He believed in God’s grace rather than reward based on good deeds. Martin Luther’s most influential accomplishment was the Protestant Reformation, more specifically his…

The protestant reformation was a reformation that took place in 16th-century Europe. The reformation reformed religious, political, intellectual and cultural change that took place within the in Catholic Europe. Some of the biggest reformers include Martin Luther in Germany, King Henry VIII in England, and finally John Calvin who created the Calvinist/puritan thinking. Because of these men and their determination to make a change in Europe, religion, as well as many other beliefs that would see…

This writer believes that Martin Luther should be included on the lists of one hundred most influential people. Luther changed Christianity when he began the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Europe. Martin Luther (1483-1546), propelled the wave of movements we now call the Reformation. Luther was born at Eisleben in the Holy Roman Empire (Saxony). Martins father wanted him to go to law school and although Luther never felt he was good enough he was a hardworking student, very intelligent…

Introduction During the 16th century two main doctrines of Calvinism, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession became the issue that sparked the most important controversy between the Calvinist and the Arminians. Both the Heidelberg Catechism and Belgic Confession were Confessions of faith of the Dutch church. Calvinism a system of theological doctrine named for the French theologian John Calvin represented the conservative orthodoxy. According to Justo L. Gonzalez, “Calvin was…

In the article that discusses Luther’s Ninety-five Theses,” What You May Not Know and Why They Matter Today” reviews this 1517 famous event and the importance of it today. This famous date in history happened on October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther pinned on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg in protest against the Roman Catholic Church. Luther was known mostly for his teachings about Scripture and justification. Regarding Scripture, he argued the Bible itself corresponds with having…