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    PEST Analysis of Confectionary Industry The Commonwealth of Australia has stable liberal democratic system with policies that support industrial growth (Australianpolitics.com‚ 2009). There is steady growth in labor market as well since 2001 (Chandra Shah‚ Gerard Burke‚ 2006). There are no additional restrictions enforced due to ecological factors on the confectionary market except for regular industry norms to take into account ecological issues. So political factor of PEST analysis is conducive

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    A Simple practice of the Catholic Church such as “selling of Indulgence” arose a spark to reformation of Germany and towards the peasant’s war. This practice of selling of indulgences was questioned by a german monk “Martin Luther”‚ the man who believed in “sola fide”‚ meaning faith alone. Moreover‚ his ideology towards salvation was the sole authority of scripture‚ no human authority is required for salvation‚ all Christians are spiritually equal. Luther’s primary purpose was to reject authority

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    Why I Live in New York: Personal Indulgences No. 13 April 1‚ 2009 by Tobi Tobias 26 Comments Why I live in New York. New York City‚ that is. Manhattan‚ to be exact. Dirty. Dangerous. Expensive (so much so today that people who once thought of themselves as middle class now fear they’re only a few ladder-rungs above the have-nots. And the number of have-nots is heart-rending. But still . . . I was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ in a neighborhood and time suited only to people with a deep tolerance–or

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    culmination of an ongoing struggle between Martin Luther and the Roman Catholic Church over reform‚ especially in the sale of indulgences. However‚ there were other deeper issues that revolved around both political and theological concerns. On a political level‚ Luther had challenged the absolute authority of the pope over the Church by maintaining that the sale of indulgences‚ authorized and promoted by the pope‚ was wrong. On a theological level‚ Luther maintained that salvation was by faith alone

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    Theses Martin Luther Posted on the door of the church of Wittenberg were mainly against indulgences being sold to people for money. What did Luther’s Writings Attack? Martin Luther’s writings attacked The devils The Pope The book of James The book of Revelation And GOD! What did Luther Seek from the Pope? Martin Luther wanted the pope to stop granting indulgences and to put a stop into selling indulgences to the people. What teachings did Luther present? Luther presented St. Pauls teaching

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    surrounding the Indulgences scandal within the German states? The Indulgences scandal had limited ideas of being the most important reason for the Reformation‚ but as well as this‚ Luther was another reason for the Reformation but the most important reason was down to the Renaissance. The Renaissance was the most significant reason for the Reformation because of the new ways of spreading ideas. The printing press helped Luther spread his ideas of the Reformation. Firstly the Indulgences scandal had

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    salvation were a rare gift from God. According to Luther in Thesis 21; indulgences will not save a man (Trueman). Luther criticized the exploitation of indulgence sales in

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    people who could interpret the word of God. During this time‚ people were not as educated as today‚ so they could not read the Bible they would just listen. The society believed that they could pay their salvation to Heaven and this was known as indulgences. The people thought they could sin all they wanted to since they had

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    was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God would forgive them for their sins and end the punishment. With death so near‚ people performed indulgences so they would spend less time in Purgatory. Who was involved‚ and what did they do? Indulgences could be obtained for oneself or another‚ but some abused this

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    one buys an indulgence‚ it would bring his “divine and mortal soul safe and sound into the land of paradise‚” (Document 2). Tetzel was one of the more powerful and well-known advocates of indulgences; it can be deducted that‚ because of his prestige in the Catholic Church‚ Tetzel’s opinion on the sale of indulgences is representative of that of most‚ if not all‚ Catholic leaders. Martin Luther‚ in his 95 Theses‚ strongly opposes this idea‚ believing that “those preachers of indulgences are in error

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