Martin McGuinness

In today’s world, when people hear the name Martin Luther, they think of a man who nailed the 95 Theses to the church door and created the Protestant church. However, Luther never actually nailed anything to a door, and it was never his intention to create his own church. Actually, several of the matters Luther caused were not his intention. So, what exactly did Luther do to make himself so significant that the world still remembers him today? Obviously, he inspired the creation of the Lutheran…

Mark Tranvik does an amazing job in translating Martin Luther's treatise: The Freedom of a Christian, where Luther contrasts countless religious components - the body (the inner person) and soul (the other person), and faith and works, - these subjects Luther's uses as an attempt to strengthen and return the Christian faith to its true origin. He argues that works have no effect in obtaining righteousness or salvation, instead it is a natural product of humanity. Instead, acknowledging that…

How the Protestant Reformation Affected Foreign Relations. At a time when the only Christian religion was Catholicism, all of Europe was Catholic. That is until Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation with his ninety-five suggestions on how the church could be reformed. Once Henry VIII decided to divorce Catherine of Aragon and create the Anglican Church, he effectively cut Great Britain off from the rest of Europe. This severing of religious ties with other nations was both beneficial…

Martin Luther single handedly started the Reformation and lead a new start for people everywhere. He is still considered one of the most influential person today, even after so many years. Because of him more people got an education and stood up for what they believed in. Even when he was young he realized that the church was wrong. His ideals greatly differed from those of the church so he broke away and started his own religion. Because of the differences he ended up changing religion and the…

Church itself. Back in the 13th century, the Church was damaged and questioned upon because of the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism. These two events tie up with the Protestant Reformation and questioned about the authority of the Church. Martin Luther and Zwingli were involved in the “birth” of the Reformation. They both agreed, along with many other Protestants, that the selling of indulgences needs to stop, along with simony and pluralism. Protestantism spread throughout Europe,…

In Lyndal Roper’s Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, Roper attempts to gain not an understanding of the Protestant Reformation as a whole, but rather of Martin Luther as a person. She spends most of the book examining Luther specifically, the decisions he made and why he made them. She examines his publications and letters to attempt to find out what exactly makes the man tick. Such can be seen here “Luther’s letter writing habits offered perhaps the most intriguing insights.” It is obvious…

The horrors and aftermath of World War I shook European Protestantism to its core. The promises and hopes of Protestant liberalism seen in the nineteenth century evaporated as Europe, seen as the cradle of Christendom, moved beyond Christendom. In this gap, what were once strongholds of Protestantism such as Germany, Scandinavia, and Great Britain witnessed a rise in secularism and skepticism. The theological response to the rise of secularism is seen in the work of Karl Barth, the son of a…

in The Pardoner’s Tale. “Ther cam a privee theef men clepeth Deeth/ That in this contree al the peple sleeth,” (Ackroyd 15). The Plague happened six times during Chaucer’s lifetime. During the time of the Plague” the widespread fear of death and sense of helplessness that people often felt when faced with the threat of such a disease, caused people to react in different ways,” (Rossignol 37). Some people responded to the threat of the Plaque by indulging themselves and “living it up” in a…

Lockheed Martin Corporation has circa 126,000 employees worldwide and operates in four major busi-ness segments: Aeronautics, Mission and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems & Trainings, and Space Systems (Lockheed Martin Corporation, 2015b). In 2015 the business segment Aeronautics, which includes research, development, production, support and integration services of advanced military aircraft had a turnover of circa 15.5 billion U.S. dollars. The Missiles and Fire Control segment, which…

The two authors Hans Eberhard Myer and Ronald C Finucane have different point of view on crusades. Hans Eberhard Mayer believes the only reason and motivation of the crusade was religion whereas Ronald Finucane believes greed of wealth was the motivation to join crusade. Hans believes the crusade was called by the pope urban II. He asked Christians to join crusades to free holy land from Muslim. Who had occupied the holy land. The pope said if Christian helps free the land, god would forgive…