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Causes of the Protestant Reformation The causes of the Protestant Reformation were, the selling of Indulgences, the bible only being read in Latin, and the rich being able to buy high church positions. People after having to go through this their entire life were finally fed up and broke apart from the church which in turn caused multiple wars and millions of people to lose their lives. The church in the 16th century was in dire need of money to complete some of their projects. So they sold…

Augustine’s Deep Thoughts of Sin and Suffering Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, is unarguably one of the most influential church fathers whose views have helped shape modern protestant theology. He largely contributed to shaping a bible-focused theology that transformed Europe and the majority of the world, and many modern theologians dream of reaching the international stature that Augustine did. But to reach that stage that Augustine got to, did not come easy. He went through a lot of doubts…

Describe some of the effects of the Reformation and explain how monarchs increased their power during this time. _____________________________________________________________________ The protestant reformation was when the catholic church broke down on the authority and power. War erupted in Europe between Catholics and protestants as leaders.The monarchs wanted to build huge armies, they would have to pay this fee by raising the taxes on the people. How do the poor respond to this mess? They…

The movie Shutter Island was directed by Martin Scorsese and was released in 2010. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams. An escaped patient at Ashecliffie Hospital brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his newly appointed partner (Mark Ruffalo) to the remote Island asylum. The escapee, a murderess woman, seems to have simply vanished into thin air from behind a locked door. As Teddy becomes consumed by the case, rumors of horrific…

The Jesuits were missionaries from France. They came to Michigan to convert the Native Americans to Christianity in the 1600’s. They learned the languages of the Native Americans and attempted to preach the ways of Christianity to them, in hopes of saving their souls. They were not as successful as they had hoped to be. One of the well-known Jesuits was the Jesuit Priest, Father Jacques Marquette. Marquette founded St. Ignace, which first was a mission. We now know St. Ignace as a city of…

In Peter Paul Rubens painting Raising of the Cross, there is an immense amount of religious propaganda throughout the painting that is extremely obvious to see. The pictorial clarity in this painting is very evident in this painting, it is quite simply, as the title suggests, when the romans are raising the cross for Jesus to be hung on. The painting attempts to spread Catholic doctrine by, In my opinion, reminding people that Jesus went through pain and hard times, but made it through, which I…

God and Humanity Paper Thomas Aquinas and Karl Rahner are two major Christian thinkers that have helped shape Christian thought into what it is today. Thomas Aquinas, also known as St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), was a Dominican friar and a Catholic priest who was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. At the age of five he was sent to a Benedictine monastery, and later on decided to leave but wanted to remain religious so he joined the Dominicans…

I, St. Benedict, should be remembered because of my innovational ideas. I was born in 465 CE, in San Gimignano, which was 60 miles away from Rome. Currently, I am the abbot of my monastery. When I was 15 years old, I left my school and my family to hike the Sabine Hills to become a hermit. Since I was very religious, I was eventually sent to Rome to pursue my religious studies. I was very devout in my studies and decided to leave everything that I had to avoid temptation. In Rome, when my…

Absolutism Essay The Protestant Reformation was the time when Martin Luther disagreed with the catholic church. At that time if you did something like what Martin Luther did, you would be killed, since he got away with it. Other people thought they could to get away with it too.This later caused war in Europe between the catholics and the protestants as the leaders try to break from the old grip of the…

supported the Pope’s teachings. Due to the fact that people were illiterate and uneducated the Pope taught them about indulgences and other wrong teachings. The big “religious reformers” were Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII who challenged and questioned the power of the Church and the Papal. Reformers like Martin Luther then used many steps in order to stop the Roman Catholic Church from doing wrong and opening the eyes of the people. The main goal of the Protestant Reformation was…