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    | Lecture 3: The Protestant Reformation | Arise‚ O Lord‚ and judge Thy cause. A wild boar has invaded Thy vineyard. Arise‚ O Peter‚ and consider the case of the Holy Roman Church‚ the mother of all churches‚ consecrated by thy blood. Arise‚ O Paul‚ who by thy teaching and death hast illumined and dost illumine the Church. Arise all ye saints‚ and the whole universal Church‚ whose interpretations of Scripture has been assailed. (papal bull of Pope Leo X‚ 1520)It truly seems to me that if this

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    This document was said to have started the Protestant Reformation‚ a time when many theologians and laypeople began openly criticizing the Catholic Church and began to practice their religion in the way they saw fit. As a response to this‚ Johann Tetzel wrote his ideas of how the Catholic Church had

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    Lily Shiveley Causes of the Reformation The Protestant Reformation period was a crucial European movement starting in 1517‚ pointed originally at refining the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. It was the Religious‚ Political‚ and Technological disruptions that split Catholic Europe.The Reformation began in 1517 because of a man named Martin Luther. Luther’s act of posting the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral in the Holy Roman Empire caused a dramatic conflict. Martin

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    The underlying causes that brought on the Protestant Reformation would be Martin Luther creating Lutheranism‚ Christians deciding to change their religion‚ discarding large parts of the Bible‚ and leaving the old authority of the Pope behind over indulgences. The Reformation had many causes but the top three would be‚ social‚ political‚ and economic. The political causes began over Nationalism‚ the Pope’s control resenting‚ a foreign ruler‚ and the protection of leaders. Both Protestantism and

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    NATIONALISM HIS 104 Marek McKenna September Barron August 27‚ 2012 Nationalism; One might ask‚ what is Nationalism? Nationalism is popular political ideology that developed in the 18th century and that it identifies “people” and the purposes that control an independent “state” the key to “nation” is the definition in the identification of a “nation” This definition originally came from France and Spain prior to the 18th century‚ it refers to a small‚ elite group of men

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    One of the greatest of all revolutions was the 16th-century religious revolt known as the Reformation. In the beginning and later on‚ the Protestant Reformation would be seen as a challenge to religious authority that went beyond the Roman Catholic Church. The Revolution will begin with one monk‚ Martin Luther‚ studying the scriptures and ultimately challenging the authority of the church. But for Luther there was no other way. Went studying at Wittenberg‚ teaching the bible‚ and seeing public platform

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    The Reformation was a triumph of literacy and the new printing press. Luther’s translation of the Bible into German was a decisive moment in the spread of literacy‚ and stimulated as well the printing and distribution of religious books and pamphlets. From 1517 onward‚ religious pamphlets flooded Germany and much of Europe. By 1530‚ over 10‚000 publications are known‚ with a total of ten million copies. The Reformation was thus a media revolution. Luther strengthened his attacks on Rome by depicting

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    fifteenth century‚ and once invented‚ printing spread around the world. Printing started in the West‚ but spread to Europe quickly. With the printing press‚ the study of learning and technology was able to grow exponentially. It is said that the Protestant Reformation benefited much from the printing press. It was interesting for me to learn of the printing presses for several reasons. I think that in most cases‚ people do not connect the beginning to what is happening today. In reading about the printing

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    following the fall of Rome‚ the only unifying force for all of Europe was 7. Henry VIII’s reformation in England 8. The event that inspired Henry VIII to confront the pope was 9. Institutes of the Christian Religion 10. The city that stood as John Calvin’s model Protestant community 11. pillars of the Catholic Reformation 12. The Council that helped define and advance the Catholic Reformation took place in 13. The Council of Trent 14. Ignatius Loyola 15. witch-hunting in

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    schools and the success in the printing press‚ The Protestant Reformation would not nearly been as widespread. ________________________________________ Notes Cook • The Printing Press Quotes: "The roughly simultaneous development of the Printing Press resulted in the widespread dissemination of the Protestant ideas and won many converts to the cause of religious reform. People took their religion very seriously‚ and disagreements between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics soon warmed from debate

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