Martin Waldseemüller

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…

Michael Praetorius was born on February 15, 1571, at Kreuzberg in Thuringia. He was a German composer, a theorist, and an organist. “He was the most versatile and wide ranging German composer of his generation and one of the most prolific, especially of works based on Protestant hymns.” Syntagma musicum is one of the main reasons why Praetorius is important as a theorist. His father was a “zealous Lutheran clergyman,” and also had the name of Michael. The Michael Praetorius, his father, came…

Tudor Project Essay By: Abigail Bingham The Tudor Dynasty was a very famous dynasty during the European Reformation. The monarchy was different and very diverse from other dynasties. They did a lot for Europe in many ways. They gained power, wealth, and land. They also established a church and started the Act of Supremacy. They became involved in a lot of secular and nonsecular affairs. The Tudor Dynasty was the influence and guide for Europe at the time. The topics that are the most important…

In 16th century Worms, Germany, Martin Luther first published his 95 theses which questioned the authority of the Catholic Church. One of his main points of contention with the Catholic Church was the selling of indulgences; indulgences, the Church promised, would essentially help you buy your way into Heaven by cutting down on your time in Purgatory. Luther contested that this was merely a way for the Church to line its pockets with its people's money and brought his grievance to the public,…

Martin Luther is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of Christianity. He affected many different parts of life in Europe, especially the religion and the politics. His views are no longer considered radical but were very much so in the 16th century. Born in 1483, and died in 1546, Martin Luther lived a long life for the time period and was very influential during the time when he was alive. In many ways, the Reformation caused a chain reaction that sparked many other…

I, Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, am philosopher from the renaissance period. I was born on February 24, 1963, to a noble family in Italy. I am indeed, very well known for “Oration on the Dignity of Man”, one of the most famous Renaissance texts I wrote, a text considered to epitomize Renaissance humanism. I am also the first Christian scholar to use Kabbalistic doctrine in support of Christian theology. My father, Giovanni Francesco Pico, prince of the small territory of Mirandola, provided for…