It is widely understood that the Protestant Reformation of Europe in the 1500’s‚ and the subsequent events and changes that cam about thereafter‚ span many decades and even centuries. The Reformation is characterized as a deeply religious and politically based movement‚ beginning in central Europe‚ and lasting for up to one hundred and fifty years. This chain of events is vital to the course of European and World History as it truly ends the “Middle Ages” and ushers in a new era in the history of
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Martin Luther was a very important figure in the Protestant Reformation‚ he was also known as a German professor of theology‚ a monk‚ a composer‚ and a priest. On November 10‚ 1483‚ Martin Luther was born to Hans Luder and Margarethe Lindemann. At a day old‚ in Eisleben‚ Saxony‚ he was baptized as a Catholic. He had several siblings‚ and out of all of his brothers and sisters his favorite happened to be‚ Jacob. At the age of 19‚ in 1501 he went to college at the University of Erfurt. Five years
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monk from Wittenberg‚ Germany criticized many of the attributes of the Catholic Church and compiled a list of reasons why he believed Catholicism was entirely flawed. This document was called the 95 Theses and lead to a movement called the Protestant Reformation which ended the unity imposed by medieval Christianity and signaled the beginning of a modern era. Luther’s propositions challenged some portions of Roman Catholic doctrine and a number of specific practices. He argued that the bible not the
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The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious change that in return it also caused a cultural change that occurred because of Martin Luther. He thought that the pope had too much power and Luther had many disagreements with the Catholic Church. Martin wrote 95 Theses on the university’s chapel door. Luther was then excommunicated from the church Luther was then not wanted in the Diet Of Worms and on his way out was kidnapped. Martin found out that he was just being safely imported to
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3: SETTLING THE NORHTERN COLONIES‚ 1619-1700 I. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism In 1517‚ Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther had several explosive ideas including… The Bible alone was the source of God’s word (not the Bible and the Church or pope). People are saved simply by faith in Christ alone (not by faith and good works). His actions ignited the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin preached Calvinism which stressed “predestination”
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Born in Germany in 1483‚ Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation in this century. He caused the reinvestigation of the percentage of the fundamental precepts of Roman Catholicism‚ and his devotees soon pared from the Roman Catholic Church to start the Protestant custom. The initial couple of years of religious community life were troublesome for Martin Luther‚ as he didn’t find the religious illumination he was looking for. A tutor taught him to centre his life solely on Christ and this
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We begin during the Protestant Reformation. During this time Martin Luther started to protest against the church. Many people became his followers and supporters. Luther began to make his own denomination called the lutherans. Most of this began with his 95 theses‚ which he posted to the front door of the church. He managed to get away with all of this and skip the consequence of heresy. The Protestant Reformation was ultimately the breakdown of the Catholic Church. Then the people of the church
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How would you describe the condition of the Catholic Church on the eve of the Protestant Reformation? In the time right before the reformation‚ there was a mixture of corruption and piety throughout‚ so to say that the whole church was absolutely corrupt or absolutely pious would be an err. We see dramatic events such as feasts‚ pilgrimages‚ high mass and famous preachers were highly sought after‚ but regular devotions and mass were in decline. In the state of the churchmen‚ we can see that
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The protestant reformation The protestant reformation was a split in the church during the 16th century. It was initiated by Martin luther‚ and cased thousands of people to leave the church as a major protests that was started by questioning the way the church was lead. While this wasn’t the first attempt to reform the Roman Catholic church the previous attempts would just fail. The protesters claimed that the church cared more about their money than looking after the people themselves. However
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The fact they preached in Irish won them much support amongst the people as unlike the Protestant preacher‚ they weren’t associated with England. These orders became recognised as an important advantage to the Catholics so much so that they were allowed free movement within the people. There was great attempts to reorganise the church such as ensuring that there was sufficient numbers of priests to each dioceses. As well as this the problem with the lack of bishops was addressed as there were no
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