Slaughterhouse-Five

There are endless similarities and differences between the religious beliefs of Martin Luther, John Fisher, and Hans Staden. So much so between Martin Luther and Catholics such as John Fisher that the differences threw Western Europe into the chaos that followed the Protestant Reformation. One of these major differences is how each of the three believed human action led to attaining God’s grace through prayer and good works. Martin Luther’s most prominent belief was one’s faith was the only…

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Introduction Historian Mr. Philip Schaff mentioned that Protestant Reformation marked the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the modern world (Dr. Jack L. Arnold, 1999). Protestant Reformation was the chief force in the history of the modern civilization. It contributed to the capitalism, the growth of secularism, democracy, and new social structure. The historian Ms. ÁoDài mentioned that Protestant Reformation witnessed the formation of the modern nation-state which from the feudal…

Around the 1500s, the Reformation began, causing a massive uproar throughout all of Europe, and as a result many Catholics converted to Protestantism. One group of the Counter-Reformers who tried to go against this movement were the Jesuits. The Jesuits were mostly active in Europe; however, they also sent missionaries all over the world to places such as India, Brazil, and Ethiopia, to gain attention through their new practice. Counter-Reformation included the Council of Trent, the Spanish…

regarding the dishonesty within the church seemed well validated. Finally acting, whether to review the system or to relieve his own spiritual suffering, Luther wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” also known as “Ninety-Five Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for discussion and…

With influence from Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas is said to be one of the most influential thinkers of medieval scholasticism. A man who was once a simple theologian, became the founder of many teachings within the Catholic church. Starting as the youngest son of a family within lower nobility, St. Thomas Aquinas will end his life as an ordained teacher of theology and will have developed ideas of God. Most of his philosophical ideas and teachings come from his search for the existence and true…

The Thirty Years War’s war origins were largely due to religion, although political factors coincided as the war continued throughout the seventeenth century, and so the importance of religion within these wars shouldn’t be overstated as there were other factors interweaving alongside religion. The importance of religion in the Thirty Years War is emphasised through the evolution of new religious denominations appearing during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, causing friction in Europe.…

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Sacrifice St. Maximillian Kolbe was born in 1894 in the Kingdom of Poland. "He was a Polish Franciscan and martyr in the German death camp Auschwitz." His brother Francis and himself joined the Fransicans at age 12. He professed his first vows in 1911 at age 18. He then went on to earn a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontificial Gregorian University. (Terese) "He was very active in promoting the immaculate Virgin Mary and is known as the Apostle of consecration to Mary."…

He wrote all his disputes in the Ninety-Five Theses, which included the selling of indulgences and that the people didn’t need a priest to interpret the Bible in their own way. Luther wanted the people to have the opportunity to interpret the Bible by themselves, instead of needing a “priest”…