Radical Reformation

while others spotted corruption and made reform. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales exposes the radical Catholicism of Europe during Medieval times, which essentially ran the political system. However, the Dark Ages left Europe vulnerable, both intellectually and physically. The impetuosity of theologian Martin Luther, revealed in On The Freedom of A Christian, throws Europe into the abyss of the Protestant Reformation. Luther's principle…

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 changes throughout Europe. During the Reformation, Luther had lots of people that supported him, but lots were against him as well and…

slow down functions performed in the body. Coming fourth in the subcategories is the free radical theory. This states that free radicals cripple cellular elements. As those elements are damaged, the cell cannot keep functioning, and when this continues to happen in other cells, entire organs eventually become incapable of proper function. Jin notes that while a study done on rodents, in which free radicals were annihilated and a longer mean lifespan occurred, supports this theory, other…

The years between the mid thirteenth century and the late sixteenth century, also known as Europe’s early modern period, were years of complete religious, philosophical, and technological transformation. During the European Middle Ages, the Catholic Church dominated European civilization. The Church owned more than 1/3 of all the land in Europe which in turn created an economic and religious powerhouse. A man named Martin Luther was a large follower of the Catholic Church, however, he started…

He is most notably known for sparking the Protestant Reformation and breaking apart the “Holy” Catholic Church. His main teachings were founded in the New Testament and can be summarized in verses such as Ephesians 2:8-9. It says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves,…

Mark Tranvik does an amazing job in translating Martin Luther's treatise: The Freedom of a Christian, where Luther contrasts countless religious components - the body (the inner person) and soul (the other person), and faith and works, - these subjects Luther's uses as an attempt to strengthen and return the Christian faith to its true origin. He argues that works have no effect in obtaining righteousness or salvation, instead it is a natural product of humanity. Instead, acknowledging that…

was advocated as a primary source of truth and knowledge. Born in the wake of the religious reformation, the voyages of European discovery, and the emergence to dominance of capital, the enlightenment spirit was oriented broadly to the liberation of human beings from its various forms of bondage (Kapferer 2007). As the church was becoming increasingly secularized, spawning from the Protestant Reformation, many public philosophers, known as Philosophes, adopted notions of the value of reason and…

term middle way. The Oxford Dictionary web page defines the term as “a policy or course of action which avoids extremes.” After the definition, the Elizabethan Settlement is understood as a religious policy which wanted to maintain peace between radicals of both religions. According to Peter Milward, this term “is characteristics rather than of the early nineteenth century, as used by John Henry Newman at the time of the Oxford movement, than of the late sixteenth century.” (Citar Peter) Some…

Puritanism was first developed in the late 16th century when a reform was put on the Church of England. Those who practiced Puritanism were known as Puritans and sought to purify the Church of England. The Puritans felt that the reformation had not gone far enough and that the church still had Catholic influence and was corrupt. They felt as if the church’s doctrine was incorrect and not what God wanted. As the Puritans tried to ask for more reforms to be made, King James I was becoming…

There ensued from Martin Luther, and other reformers, the doctrine of Sola scriptura. Don Thorsen sums up Luther’s main intent by stating, “Sola scriptura represents the Protestant Reformation emphasis upon Scripture as the only reliable religious authority—Scripture alone.3 Does this mean that the reformers rejected the authority of the church and the authority of tradition? Not quite. Thorsen answers this question by writing, “Sola…