The Penal Laws and their restrictions on Roman Catholic religious practices marked the division of religion in the eighteenth century. In 1702‚ the British set the Penal Laws after they felt that Ireland and its Catholics were becoming too powerful. The Penal Laws not only restrictions on religious practices‚ land rights‚ marriage‚ education‚ and their rights to membership in the Irish and English Parliaments‚ but they also included qualifications that signified a person as a Protestant. According
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religion in Europe during the 16th century. In my opinion‚ the immediate cause that started the reformation was Martin Luther’s act of posting the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral in the Roman Empire. Luther was unhappy with the Catholic Church‚ and posted the Theses due to the sale of indulgences that was going on to raise money for the renovation of St. Peter’s cathedral from people who wished that their souls go from purgatory to heaven. Luther believed that an indulgence was
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and message of Christianity because not only was there a review of old legislation by reflecting on‚ and deciding if the rulings were still valid‚ it also affirmed that the Roman Catholic Church was irrefutably divided. The East-West Schism was the division of the Catholic Church into what would become the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Although it did not occur until 1053‚ the issue of a schism became a possibility when the Roman Empire was divided in 293 CE and was all but
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first half of the sixteenth century... In the early sixteenth century‚ Western Europe’s religious face was dominated by the Roman Catholic faith. The Catholic Church was the sole athority power of day to day values‚ and before long‚ conflicting social and political issues began to shake the foundation of the corrupt Catholic Church. Moreover‚ Western Catholics began to realize the corrupt nature of the Church; as the selling of indulgences was challenged by Martin Luther’s 95 Theses‚ the hierarchal
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believe in the Trinity‚ the Divinity of Jesus‚ the importance of Jesus death in the salvation of humanity‚ and the need we have for grace to save us from our sins. Protestantism formed from the split with the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation in the 16th century. The Catholic‚ Protestant‚ and Orthodox churches all fall under the umbrella of Christianity. At the very centre of Christianity is the belief that there is a God. God is seen as an ever-present‚ omnipotent being who created
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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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Martin Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church feeling the church had lost its way and openly accused them of corruption and false teachings by posting a document he authored called the “95 Theses”. Martin Luther was the first to stand up to the Catholic Church and singlehandedly set Protestantism in motion and paved the way for others such as Philipp Melanchthon and John Calvin who also left the Catholic Church in 1530 and also later openly criticized the Catholic church for their corruption as
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Europe but also in the whole Catholic Church‚ which are still being felt and experienced even today. Although it may be true that the Protestant Reformation had been one of the causes of the gradual decline of the Catholic Church during the 16th century‚ it also brought about numerous contributions in the development not just of the Catholic Church but the whole Christian Civilization as well. It was through the establishment of these Protestant Churches that the Catholic Church started taking a second
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The Middle Ages was a time of rebirth for the Church. The Church had a growing amount of power‚ and used this power to get messages sent to its followers. One important message created an ever-growing distance between believes and nonbelievers of the Church. Throughout the Middle Ages there have been inconsistencies with the doctrines and actions of the Church. There is one constant within the Church‚ throughout the Middle Ages the Church has opposed outsiders and has mistreated those outsiders from
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