Protestant Ascendancy

John Calvin was one of the greatest theologians to live. He was most prominent in the “second wave of Protestant Reformation.” Calvin’s doctrine is one of the most-well-considered doctrines that still have an effect on Christianity today. This essay explains John Calvin’s understanding of Scripture; his understanding of Divine and human relationships; his thought about election, providence, how humans know and understand God; and lastly, his understanding of predestination. Calvin had a…

The book that is being reviewed by Charles Teel is Max’s Weber’s “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.” The significance of this book as Charles Teel says it “contends that the Protestant Reformation provided a nest in which capitalism could flourish.” Weber’s thesis is that Protestantism's challenges Catholicism of changing one's views towards the world of how people’s work ethic has changed with the Protestant Reformation. To begin, Weber sees Protestantism’s challenge towards…

Loyola and Calvin thought both had their thoughts when it came to the issues of predestination and christian liberty. Both were around during these times when religious issues were becoming more and more abundant amongst the masses. These issues were predominantly on the forefront for the most part, so they caused the most conflicts when they came about as well. Ignatius Loyola had some contrasting thoughts when it came to the idea of predestination when discussing religion and christianity…

Martin Luther Summary Since Paul is personally not familiar with the Roman Catholic Church, he begins with writing a letter by introducing himself. He is called the “apostle” and he has a mission to “bring about the obedience of faith among the Gentiles” (1:1-5). Paul follows up his introduction with a greeting to the church and shares his desires to teach in Rome someday. He then gives a short summary of what the theme of his letter was “The Gospel…. The power of God for redemption to everyone…

First of all, thank you for your insightful post about the Lutheran faith. This is a faith that is similar to the Roman Catholic beliefs. One similarity these two religions share is the sacrifice of praise and affirm that the bread and wine are the body and blood of Christ. Furthermore, the Catholic believe that there is God, Jesus, and the Holy spirit in one religious figure. According to Cashwell and Young (2011), the lord has a view of three individuals, such as the Father, Son, and Holy…

The Reformation was also called the Protestant Reformation. It was a religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century. Its leaders include Martin Luther and John Calvin. Martin Luther believed the Catholic church was corrupt and saw fit to expose the catholic. Through his efforts of exposing the Catholic church, he became one of the most influential and controversial figures in Chris History. The Reformation changed the church with disarming the ecclesial…

The reading over these past few weeks covered a pretty expansive timeline. Starting in 1534 with the founding of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, on to The Council of Trent in 1545, and through the issuance of both The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870, and The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,1950, our readings covered a span of more than four hundred years of Church history. During this era, of which we now identify as the period of Counter-Reform of the Catholic…

Author Chris Chapman states the reformation of ethics within the five centuries. Each century is given their own sections with immense details. The first section is the sixteenth century which si the Secularizing of Life, Liberty, and the Perpetration of Atrocity. This century is based on the the ruling-class, which most were Christians. Christianity, then, was seen as the “right” type of religion, and was seen as the only one that was morally dominant. Christians would kills for God’s will; one…

thinking ‘I have no idea who this man is.’ Don’t worry I didn’t know who he was either. I hope with this Research paper you will understand who Theodore Beza was and what he did to impact our world today. One Reformer, Theodore Beza, impacted the Protestant Reformation and the current way we live and worship today. Theodore Beza was born on June 24, 1519 in France. He was born into lower nobility with no siblings. His parents were a royal governor and his mother was known all around their town…

During the Late Renaissance some remarkable inventions such as the printing press made significant changes in the way people viewed the world around them. Up to that time the church had great influence and control over what and how to present to the mass as information. With printing press comes in use the bible and other books became available to the middle class and people started to make their own interpretation of the bible. Some of the ancient writings of Greek and Roman philosophers became…