Martin Bernal

It is a portrait of Martin Luther done by Lucas Cranach the Elder during one of his workshops. The painting actually titled Martin Luther was created around the same time that the Madonna with the Long Neck was created. When comparing the two there is an obvious visual difference in the execution and style of painting. Unlike with the Madonna with the Long Neck, Martin Luther is portrayed in his portrait with proper proportions and coloring. There…

Introduction The reformation was an age of revelation, confusion and at times, chaos. One of the most significant people of this time was Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a man who struggled to understand salvation, forgiveness, and grace. Luther experienced a conflict between the forgiveness of sins, and being unable to do sufficient work in order to please God. Through his study of the scripture, and preparation of lectures, he eventually came to a life changing conclusion about God and…

In many ways the 60s of the 20th century have given art a new face. The artistic reactions to formative events and sentiments of their time designed a portrait of an era, which revealed complex social changes, turbulent political developments and rapid technological progress. Since the end of the second World War artists conceptualized new artistic ideas like autonomy, authorship, form, originality and transformed them into their own language in order to find a new artistic technique. One of…

The Source Behind Martin Luther’s 95 Theses Early in 16th century Europe all writings were becoming more widely available due to the invention of the printing press, including the Bible and the writings of early church philosopher Augustine. Martin Luther, a monk and a theology professor at Wittenberg University, shared Augustine’s two central beliefs that the Bible has ultimate religious authority and that humans cannot reach salvation by their own acts. These beliefs would later become the…

The first approach to be discussed is the psychodynamic approach developed by Sigmund Freud at the beginning of the 20th century. The psychoanalytic theory states that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influence behaviour. Personality has urges, believes, memories, instincts and drives that people are not always aware of and they make up this unconscious. The major driving forces behind it is the concept of libido. Libido is natural energy source that fuels the mechanisms of the…

their influence worldwide and ultimately shaped not just Europe but the whole world? I will be arguing that Europe had faced a transitional reformation in religion, politics, and economics that influenced economical improvements rather then social. Martin Luther was a christian monk who denounced the Roman Catholic…

I am sitting with Martin Luther outside of a tavern on a cool, autumn evening. We both are enjoying our drinks as we get to talking about various subjects. He is eager to answer my questions regarding To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation and The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, so we begin the interview. I plan to ask a few main questions and any follow up questions that arise as we go. Q: Immediately, you attack the general power structure of Christendom that exists between the…

Abstract: This paper will examine the German Peasants’ War and more specifically, compare and contrast the roles of Martin Luther and Thomas Münzter. It will begin by detailing the history of the Reformation to offer historical context explaining what caused the war, compare and contrast the roles of Martin Luther and Thomas Münzter during the war, and finish by concluding all subjects covered. By the conclusion, readers will have gained an understanding of the roles of Luther and Münzter…

One man, named Martin Luther, almost destroyed Christianity by using logic and describing how it was a sinful religion. Luther’s beliefs contradict the beliefs of the medieval church. Next, Luther’s “Ninety-Five Theses” became a topic of debate among the people of Europe and it raised him to the apex of the religious world. Third, Martin Luther explains what must be done in order for his beliefs to be successful among the rest of Germany. Luther One of Martin Luther’s argument is that the…

Existential theory is a theory which in my opinion you need an open heart and mind to be able to fully understand. Existential theory concepts are great and many of the aspects of this theory I agree with. When looking into this theory the main aspect that I appreciated was that a lot of the values were the same as the ones I have. According to our textbook, the existential tradition definition is seeking a balance between recognizing the limits and tragic dimensions of human existence on one…