Protestant Ascendancy

The church during the High Middle Ages went through a few reforms. These reforms were to help the church gain more power and stop those who were abusing their powers. Reforms like the Monastic reform succeeded in giving authority back to the papacy when they lost it. The church moved fast and quick during reforms and that is what helped them succeed. I think if the church would of done things more slowly and with less force they wouldn’t have succeeded in some of their reforms. These reforms…

Martin Luther used these Theses to display his unhappiness with the Church's sale of indulgences, and this eventually gave birth to Protestant religion. It defied the teachings of the Church on the nature of penance, the authority and power of the pope and the efficacy of indulgences. That created a dispute that would result in the Reformation and the birth of the Lutheran, Reformed, and…

escape one’s beliefs and traditions as one conveys one’s theology. The "rescue of biblical theology" came about in the nineteenth century. Brueggemann stated that the Old Testament Theology in its modern intention was exclusively an enterprise of the Protestant Christianity…

(funerals), selling indulgences (paying your way out of hell), and using texts other than the Bible in sermons. What came from the Reformation were the Lutherans, also known as the Protestants, who diverted away from the Catholics. The Lutherans and Catholics were different in multiple ways. The Lutherans (Protestants) believed that the Bible should be the direct source of information about the Christian faith. They believed that people should have a “direct relationship to God” and could…

During the time peroid of the Renasissance new things came about. There were two things that were important for the resotoration to happen. The printing press and Christopher Columbus’s findings of America. The Protestant Reformation lead the way to religious freedom. Wihtout these remarkable changes in the world the restoration would never of happened when it did. I think it is important to note that transporation was a lot easier than it previously was. The renasissance defination is “rebirth…

teaching of subjugating of guilt of been wrong prevent a sinner from sin over again?. The answer is no. Luther is wrong on this idea as well, without providing a system to educate the sinner how to sin no more, and to make them realized is must be some kind of consequences for every sin. I think his idea would kill human conscience because it makes it easy for them to put no effort in affording sin. Luther believed that human did not have any sort of unique power whatsoever to overcome the…

John Calvin John Calvin was a crucial participant in the Protestant Reformation (1517 – 1648). The Protestant reformation was a stage in time where people started to challenge the Catholic Church teachings as they believed that the church had gotten too far away from the bible as a source and that the Pope and Priests were misusing their power. Calvin had a great amount of power including being able to govern a city in Switzerland called Geneva all because of his religious beliefs and theories.…

In 1600-1649 England's trade and commerce grew seemingly fast as well as the population. Charles brother Henry, was king up until his death from typhoid when Charles was heir to the throne of the following Kingdoms: England, Scotland, and Ireland. King Charles I, the absolute monarch of england was detrimental for his country because he was unable to obtain his money properly, and led his country to war because he insisted on religious informity. King Charles I was harmful to his country…

Luther's new insight into the New Testament did not immediately lead him to protest against Church doctrine, according to Gonzalez, he also indicates that Luther did not appear to realize that his discovery was a "radical contradiction" that went against the "entire penitential system." After receiving revelation from Romans 1:17 and his conversion, his heart revealed the truth in how the idea of the Catholic Church was selling indulgences or reprieves from penance; evidently, this was…

period between 5th and 15th century, religious and social changes impacted Europe immensely. One particular religious alteration was the decline of papacy authority, as a result of The Black Death. Another major change was the religious impact of the Protestant Reformation circa 1500. On the other hand, The Crusades socially altered the middle ages of Europe. Initially, the Black death appeared during the mid fourteenth century and resulted in european society to view it as a punishment sent by…