Reformation ignited a religious reform movement that separated the western Christian church into Catholic and Protestant groups. Martin Luther embarked on a journey to start the religious reform movement; there were other developments before him that set a foundation for a religious alteration in the sixteenth century. The Protestant Reformation allowed for Protestantism to flourish throughout Europe‚ united the Roman Catholic Church with Christian denominations‚ enabled people to develop independent thinking
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During the Reformation‚ Protestants were known for opposing the Church’s ideas that the papacy was somehow special. In the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church‚ the Papacy was above the common people‚ and that the Pope’s work was more important to God. Protestants like Martin Luther and John Calvin denounced this claim‚ and supported in all work is sacred. This doctrine meant that God saw everyone as spiritual equals. Another belief that the two had in common was priesthood of all believers‚ which means
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issue that Frequently faced the catholic denomination of the Christian church was the ability to keep up with the social political and economic upheavals post World War 2. After world war two there was mass production‚ socity boost in technology‚ machines took over humn taks and there was great economic properity. The sexual revolution. In the political sector divorce was legalized‚ new liberation of women there were civil rights‚ feminist movement. The church experienced significant difficulties
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The Reformation – Harry Russell The great reformation was a time when the Presbyterian and other religious churches split off from the Catholic Church because they did not believe in the Catholic Churches teachings. This happened in the sixteenth century‚ mostly because of one very important person martin Luther. Martin Luther started out wanting to be a lawyer‚ but one day was caught in a lightning storm and thought he was going to die. He then swore that if he lived he would swear his life to
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Throughout history a people’s hopes have enabled them to triumph against all odds. The militiamen of colonial America were able to protect their independence from the British‚ who at the time had the largest‚ most powerful military in the world. In more recent years‚ the passengers of a commercial airliner included in the 9/11 tragedy were able to crash their plane before it reached its unknown‚ but surely‚ life-devastating destination. These were ordinary people were able to overtake armed‚ savagely
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the Catholic Church. Luther soon began to take note of all the things he believed was wrong about the Catholic Church and on October 31st Luther posted a collection of his notes which was known as the 95 these onto the door of the All Saints Church in his town. With Luther publicly disagreeing with the church both immediate and long term changes were made to the Christian faith. Luther’s action is commonly viewed as the spark that
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Pope Benedict XVI Type of Ministry: Pope Benedict XVI was born with the name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. He was born on the 16th of April 1927 and is the current head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 265th pope. He became pope after the death of John Paul II‚ and was elected on April 19‚ 2005. He was born into a religious family‚ he was baptised on the day of his birth‚ and his brother‚ Georg Ratzinger is a priest. According to relatives‚ he had wanted to become
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with the Christian Church. Many found the Pope too involved with secular (worldly) matters‚ rather than with his flocks spiritual well-being. Lower church officials were poorly educated and broke vows by living richly and keeping mistresses. Some officials practiced simony‚ or passing down their title as priest or bishop to their illegitimate sons. In keeping with the many social changes of the Renaissance‚ people began to boldly challenge the authority of the Christian Church. There were some
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Reformation and the Scientific Revolution challenge the Catholic Church? After explaining each of these events‚ compare and contrast their effects on the Catholic Church. The Reformation and the Scientific Revolution challenged the Catholic Church because they turned to investigation and research as a form of obtaining knowledge; they no longer treated facts that were considered absolute truths as such‚ but proved that the Catholic Church wasn’t always right; and it provoked a breaking away from
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the greatest impact on their countries and religious affiliations. Martin Luther changed germany and christianity in a very great way. Leader of the Protestant Reformation‚ Luther went against some of the false teachings being spread by the Catholic church. Luther posted the 95 Theses which attacked people who sold indulgences‚ or fake passes out of purgatory sold for a price. You can tell Luther made a big difference in his area because he
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