Sacraments of the Catholic Church

which guided the Roman Catholic Church, was slowly weakening in number. It was evident that Protestantism was rapidly gaining strength while it detached from former Catholicism practices such as mass, tithing and other devotional works. Because of this action, two very different branches emerged to aid and support the Christian religion and theological…

education and become a leader in the catholic church. Martin Luther studies the bible intently he struggles with how to earn his salvation. He never feels he can do enough to pay for the sins he commits. Over time Luther changes his belief that man can earn salvation to the belief that Christ pays the price for salvation for all who believe. Luther understands good works are not a requirement for heaven but an…

Martin Luther & the Reformation PART ONE: RESEARCH THE FOLLOWING AND GIVE SHORT ANSWERS MARTIN LUTHER Martin Luther was a German monk, most commonly known for his criticism towards certain aspects of the Roman Catholic Church. In order to make the bible more accessible to the German public, Luther translated the entire bible from Latin to German. Luther was born on, 10 November, 1483 and died on February 18, 1546. THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE The Holy Roman Empire was a feudal monarchy that ** Germany…

scholar in the 16th century who changed the face of the Catholic church by sparking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation is one of the first works written by Luther in 1520. The text gives the reader an insight into the life of Luther, while he exhorts and rebukes the authority and ideals of the Roman Catholic Church. Within the text, Luther challenges the three main ideals of the Church and insinuates an ecclesiastical movement.…

and just. Second Christ and the Saints, through their infinite virtue established a “treasury of merits”, on which the church could draw, due to its special relationship with Christ and the Saints. Third, the church had the authority to grant sinners the spiritual benefits of those with merits. An indulgence was originally a remission of the priest-imposed penalties of sin- the church had often granted Crusaders such indulgences in the 12th century. By the later middle ages, people widely…

saw in the papacy. This was swiftly rewarded his branding by the Catholic Church as a heretic and his association with Martin Luther. This also caused a complete formal break with the church and while Luther would have been initially somewhat concerned with this, Zwingli welcomed it. This allowed him to restructure the church as he saw the Bible modeling, forming Zurich into a functioning Bibliocracy. He died in battle with the Catholic Swiss Cantons in…

They saw the Catholic Church as vain and being only concerned with issues of worldly wealth. In The Antithesis of Jesus Christ and the Pope by Simon du Rosier contrasts the images of Christ with images of the pope in order to show the humbleness of Christ against the vanity of the Pope. The purpose of this document was to show the true meaning of the last supper and the sacrament of communion. Moreover, the document was used to show the misuse of this holy sacrament by the Catholic Church…

The Eucharist is seen as memorial meal and sacrifice to the Catholic community. This memorial meal refers to the Passover that celebrate the freedom from the slavery the Israelites faced. This occurred after God communicated to Moses through the form of a burning bush to free the Israelites from Egypt’s tyranny. The pharaoh, Ramesses, refused to release his slaves. Latterly, God introduced a plague, water turned into blood. Ramesses still persisted on enslavement. Ramesses and his people…

Indulgences are one of the most controversial traditions in the Catholic Church. They have impacted the Church for hundreds of years and were a major factor in the Protestant schism within Christianity. Indulgences have had positive results but are often abused. The Church’s Confession of Faith (CCF) is a reliable source for a detailed explanation of what indulgences are and how they work, but fails to capture the importance of indulgences in a historical context and their impact on Christianity…

principles of the church culture has its challenges to religious traditions and images . Many advances in ecclesiology, the science, the technology and the buildings. The contemporary world has applied increasing pressure to the church where changing theologies and the intrigues of ecclesiastical politics has theologians, historians, professors, deacons and scholars explore, debate and argue context and the model of church. In order to better understand the changes that shaped the Church the…