Protestant Ascendancy

Johann Joachim Becher Johann Joachim Becher was a very successful man with a very determined mindset. His goal was to completely redefine nature itself. With the support of various scientists and publicity for his scientific research, Becher was able to formulate his theory of combustion, known as the Phlogiston theory, and was able morph gold out of the mud of the Danube. He was a physician, scholar, adventurer, alchemist, and precursor of chemistry. Becher was an author of two books, the…

In every part of history, societies have developed remarkable technological innovations. During the Age of exploration, the magnetic compass and the printing press were created. Both these important technological innovations have had both positives and negatives effects on a society or on humanity. Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press, which was very successful. That being said, the magnetic compass had great success also. Johann Gutenberg’s sensational invention had an immense impact…

The Act in Restraint of Appeals in 1533 was the start of a political process that effectively transferred the power of the Catholic Church to the king, Henry VIII and his advisors and the government. The Act was passed by a Parliament and had listed its grievances against the Church as early as 1529. Rather than have a king foist the act on the people at a time when religion was a major factor in the lives of all people of the town, Thomas Cromwell came up with the idea of giving the act a…

opinions by reading for themselves. It accelerated the growing interest in vernacular literature, which in turn enhanced national and individual self-consciousness. Print technology proved to be the single most important factor in the success of the Protestant Reformation, as it brought the complaints of Church reformers to the attention of all literate folk.” (473) The shift between the manuscript and the printing press developed literacy by reducing the cost of publishing books and making…

In the 1500 the Roman Catholic Church was super powerful in western Europe. The Catholic Church guarded its position and anybody who was deemed to have gone against the Catholic Church was labelled a heretic and burnt at the stake. The Catholic Church did not tolerate any unusual behavior from anyone if they were to “go soft” might have been a sign of weakness. The catholic church's power had been built up over many centuries and relied on ignorance and superstition on people from other lands…

Catholicism. This would totally abolish the need for the Church of England and would force England back to the Roman Catholic Church. In order to re-establish what had been done by her father, Henry VIII, and undone by her sister, Elizabeth I, a protestant, established a religious compromise known as The Elizabethan Religious Settlement. It consisted of two acts: The Act of Supremacy and The Act of Uniformity. The first act gave her absolute power over the Church of England as “Supreme…

I have definitely seen the need to continue to be in touch with our Protestant roots of being reformers of the church and to push complacency in the church. We were birthed out of the reformation and challenge the order of the church, and I have felt called to be a person that will continue to challenge the church, and force…

I was born on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany, to Hans and Margaretta Luther. My father saw a somewhat successful miner, and he wanted me to have a better life than him, so at early on I was enrolled in school. When I turned thirteen I moved to Magdeburg to continue my studies to become a lawyer. In 1498 I was transferred again to Eisenach where studied grammar, rhetoric, and logic. In 1501 I enrolled in the University of Erfurt, the best university in Germany at the time. I attained a…

but the Catholic Church wouldn’t allow it so King Henry broke away from the church and started the Church of England. The Church of England was different from Lutheranism because it was started because King Henry wanted a divorce, although other protestant branches were furious of the Pope’s actions. The Church of England is also different from Lutheranism because when Queen Mary ruled the church she turned it back to Roman Catholic, but then Queen Elizabeth…

When the author pointed out the differences about how the Catholic church and Protestants receives theology was incredible. I thought it was unique to show the differences between the way each theologian thinks. As a catholic, I can relate to having a theological background using a very traditional viewpoint and inspirations. Our tradition is kept and guaranteed through each one of our popes. Many Protestants excludes our cannons because they were not recognized as scriptures by the Jewish…