Martin Sheen

presented themselves. This plane should not be purchased due to its crippling cost, potential risk to pilots who are flying this plane, and the availability to repurposing this money into needed programs such as infrastructure. On one hand, Lockheed Martin argues that as the expenditure increases, so does the performance in which in necessary for modern day combat. On the other hand, some experts believe that this plane should not be bought due to the staggering amount of money, which could be…

Wycliff (England 1320-1384) and Hus (Bohemia 1369-1415) believed that the pope did not have the right to worldly power. They defended the bible over the church, saying that the church does not have the highest power but the bible does. Soon enough Martin Luther…

Bristow, William, "Enlightenment", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/enlightenment/ This article is about the enlightenment and the reasoning behind it.It is split up into 3 segments, The science, the politics, and and the “aesthetics”. The first part of the article talks about Locke’s essay and how his thoughts influenced people to start questioning religion. The second part of the article…

The Grand Inquisitor by Fydor Dostoevsky is a parable in his novel, The Brothers Karamazov. The story takes place in Seville, Spain, during the time of the Inquisition, when heretics were routinely burned at the stake. The first time I read The Grand Inquisitor I found it disturbing. There had been, according to Dostoevsky, during the sixteenth century, chatter among the masses about the fact that Christ had not returned, and many questioned if His miracles were real. According to the parable,…

Martin Luther was born in Germany, in 1483, and spend his early days with an interest in monastic life. However, his father had plans for Martin Luther to study law in the University of Erfurt, where he obtained a master’s degree in theology (1505). In July of that same year, Martin was caught in a violent thunderstorm, where a bolt of lightning nearly struck him down. He believed that this was a sign from god, and vowed that he would become a monk if he survived the storm. When the storm…

I agree with Thomas More’s decision. Thomas More was doing what he believed was right, and stood up to those who thought otherwise. Thomas More was asked to take the oath which means he is agreeing that the marriage was annulled by the king. Thomas More didn’t agree with this because he didn’t think that Parliament had the jurisdiction over the church. Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy in 1534 which gave authority to the king and not the Pope, making Henry VIII the head of the church and…

the Catholic Church had well established its authority in Europe, the ties with economic, social, and political power lead to a grasp on modern life. Up until this point, no one dared to question the teachings of the Church. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the Wittenberg’s All Saints Church door proclaiming his views about the absurdity that is buying indulgences to exonerate sin (Cole, 343). The radical act of placing ideas that indicated the corruption of the church…

I picked Martin Luther, he was an argumentative man. Luther, judged the entire Catholic Church, the position of the Pope, the bishops, the priests, also the monks. Martins’ belief changed Western Culture. Martin Luther believed that the Roman Catholic Church had become too crooked to offer the people the leadership needed to gain redemption. Within ten years Luther had started a revolution that changed Western Civilization. The Catholic Church tried all the will power they had to muzzle Luther,…

Hordes of Germans crowding onto the wooden ship, pushing and shoving their fellow neighbors in competition for a better life. This was the dismal reality for many Germans during the unification of Prussia. As a result of the Prussian unification of Germany, many Germans immigrated to America in search of religious freedom, economic opportunities, and freedom from political and social persecution. The unification of Prussia began when the leader Bismarck came into power. Bismarck became the prime…

I came to the U.S. on my junior year. Before this, I never got a chance to learn about the religion and the Catholicism. At the very beginning of the Morality class, I always felt confused and couldn't understand what the teacher’s talking about. I think this is largely because of my lack of knowledge of Catholicism. What’s more, I could understand the policies of Catholic church sometimes. For example, I felt confused the first time when my host family told me that it is always wrong to use…