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    In the first half of the sixteenth century‚ the protestant reformation contributed to many political and social changes. The protestant reformation began in 1517 and lasted for 131 years‚ until 1648‚ but the consequences have lasted to the present. This reformation began with the inevitable conflict in the Christian church coming to light. People had started to believe that the church had problems in the aspects of both theological and secular ideas. Kings resented the power the church held‚ merchants

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    Calvinist‚ and Anabaptism were examples of different religious protests against the Catholic Church. All those protests were later known as the Protestant Reformation. In return‚ the Catholic Church responded with a Counter-Reformation‚ which led

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    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 the sixteenth century 16

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    he Protestant Reformation which began as a movement to reform the Church but then later turned into a rebellion against it‚ resulted in a number of non-Catholic religions know today as Protestant religions. This Reformation began mainly due to the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church but also due to political issues with surrounding states of the Holy Roman Empire. Europeans were plagued with death and disease like smallpox and the bubonic plague‚ which made them fear for their eternal salvation

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    these Reformation developments‚ the Church expected to make a few changes itself. These changes appeared as teaching the ministry‚ opening religious communities‚ the Inquisition‚ and the sorting out of committees. Actually‚ despite the fact that Protestant assaults brought these changes‚ a considerable lot of these changes were required at any rate. The

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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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    Critic’s Opinion of A Doll’s House In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House many views could be seen from both sides of the gender world. Critics will argue about the true meaning of the story and why Ibsen wrote the story. The main points of the play that critics discuss are sexuality i.e. feminism‚ the wrong doing of the father figure‚ and spiritual revolution. I believe these critics are each right in their own way from my understanding of the play and their ideas about the play. Sexuality or‚ in the case

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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

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    Have you aver questioned authority or superior forces than yourself? Martin Luther and John Calvin‚ two famous theologians deeply questioned their times authority‚ the Catholic Church. These two had created a new way of thinking and voicing it out‚ especially when it comes to religion. Questioning the Catholic Church and the works that came with that made both of them landmark points in the world’s history but the question relies on why they attacked the fundamental principles of the church. The

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    The Protestant Reformation began because people had different opinions on how the Church should be run. These people gained followers and began spreading their ideas with the rest of Christianity. Martin Luther was the initial founder of the Reformation; shortly after his ideas were posted‚ he obtained followers and his new church began to grow rapidly. Shortly after Luther‚ many other reform groups were created with different beliefs on how the Church is meant to be organized and how Christianity

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