OUTLINE: COMPARE AND CONTRAST the attitudes of Martin Luther and John Calvin toward political authority AND social order SUMMARY: a. During the 15OOs‚ the Protestant Reformation took place. Reformers had new ideas of how the church should fit into the political and social systems of each region. Most started with a man named Martin Luther and got modified some by a man named John Calvin and went on from there. b. Those two men which had the same basic idea
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Martin Luther and John Calvin were two religious reformers who were similar in that they both believed that religious authority rested in the Bible. But‚ they had different views of sacraments and religious doctrines. During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ Lutheranism and Calvinism began to gain a lot of attention. Both these men were leading influences of the Protestant Reformation‚ which was a time period when people began to question the church and how government and society should be adhered. The
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Martin Luther was born on November 10‚ 1483 in Eisleben Germany. His father was Hans Luther‚ a miner married to Margarete Luther‚ Martin’s mother. Hans was determined for Martin to study law and eventually become a lawyer. Martin attended grammar school and once he graduated fulfilled his fathers wishes by attending law school. He then proceeded to drop out of law school‚ the story goes he was in a bad storm and was afraid he was not going to survive‚ he dropped to his knees and said “Help! Saint
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intellectual‚ and religious movement that disrupted Catholic Europe. Martin Luther started the religious movement in the 16th century. This religious movement caused a break in the Catholic Church. During this time‚ “the invention of printing with movable type helped spread the Protestant message” (Text‚ 458). The movement created different types of Christians. Luther’s model of Christian life based on faith alone introduced John Calvin’s model of predestination. Both Protestant reformers believed
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Chapter 1 Identifications Augustine - important figure in the history of Christianity‚ wrote of predestination and original sin. Heretic - Someone who’s beliefs are contrary to the orthodox religious doctrine. Roman Catholic Church Charlemagne - Emperor that became known as Charles the Great‚ built an empire across France‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Feudalism - Powerful lords divide the land among lesser lords.
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Jorge Lopez Per.4 AP Euro 9/22/12 Martin Luther vs. John Calvin Martin Luther and John Calvin had many similar and many different ideas about political authority and social order. This idea came to a point were the people change their way of living and the attitude. Luther was a professor‚ teaching at the church and he attended at the University of Erfurt. Calvin was born from a French family and had the church benefices to attend the best possible education at Parisian colleges and law degree
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The Reformation was the 16th century religious‚ political‚ and cultural chaos that separated Europe. Reformers like Martin Luther‚ John Calvin and Henry VIII challenged authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s. Martin Luther‚ for example‚ disagreed with the Catholic Church that over the doctrines allowed the selling of indulgences. Ninety-five theses furthered the ideology of the Reformation by questioning authority. Henry VIII reasons came from his desire to marry Anne Boleyn. These men argued
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Denominations [Edit categories] Answer: Martin Luther’s and Calvin’s ideas are alike because they both agreed that religious authority rested on the Bible not the Pope and believed in a priesthood of all believers. Martin Luther and Calvin’s ideas differed because Luther rejected St. Augustine’s idea of predestination‚ and Calvin did not believe that the Church should be ruled by the state‚ while Luther believed that it should. Martin Luther and Calvin both believed in the importance of the Bible
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Founding fathers of the Reformation‚ Martin Luther and John Calvin are the source of two great currents of Protestantism. Beyond what unites them‚ one and the other are carriers of two very different worldviews. The two men are alike in anything. One is in one piece. It is square‚ it is thundering‚ he does not know (nor want) decline. The other has a long face‚ beard and pointy nose‚ sideways glance. It has also a will of iron‚ but he knows to win by negotiating. The first is a short-tempered‚ which
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John Calvin When you think about John Calvin‚ you think about Calvinism. If you wonder what calvinism is‚ by reading John Calvin’s biography‚ you will know what it is. He was born in 1509 in Noyon‚ Picardy‚ France‚ and died in 1564. He grew up with an interest in Church Doctrine and also grew up with an environment of Protestantism. At the age of 8‚ Martin Luther posted his 95 theses. John was a law student at the University of Orleans when he first joined the cause of reformation. In 1536 he published
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