event because the entire idea of reforming the church started with the validity of the sale of indulgences. Indulgences were purely for economic gain when it came to the catholic church. Because of this sale of indulgences protestants and other anti-pope figures such as Savonarola‚ Hus‚ Wycliffe‚ and Luther‚ began speaking out of the corruptions and abuses of the church. It it was for the sale of indulgences (purely economic) there would be no reason for the reformation. The sale of indulgances went
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either Catholic‚ Protestant‚ or mixed (Doc. 5). Non-Catholic Western European Christians were the followers of Luther. Luther’s goal was to stir debate around the issue of indulgences. He believed that is was wrong how the churches would encourage indulgences onto the people. Written in one of the 95 Theses‚ if people bought indulgences‚ then they would be “eternally damned” and because of the printing press‚ the 95 Theses were known throughout Europe (Doc. 3). Luther would compare criminals to the Popes
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referring to the indulgences the pope and priests offered. Indulgences are "pardons from punishment for committing a sin‚ allowing the sinner to enter Heaven"(cf. 12). The church used indulgences for a large income which they used to build St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Since he didn’t believe in the indulgences‚ to put it to a stop he posted the Ninety-Five Theses‚ not on Instagram‚ but onto a church door. The thesis was basically "[Challenging] the [Pope’s] right to sell indulgences"(ck-12). The thesis
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Authors often have an agenda when creating their works. These authors create their work with a specific agenda in mind to serve the purpose of making their own personal views apparent to readers. The Canterbury Tales--a collection of tales told by various people throughout a pilgrimage to Canterbury--serves as Geoffrey Chaucer’s own lament about the corruption of the Catholic Church in 14th century Europe.The pilgrims taking part in this pilgrimage are not necessarily the most pious pilgrims in the
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a florin receive these letter of indulgence through which you are able to lead a divine and immortal soul into the fatherland of paradise!” (Luther and the Magisterial Reformation‚ PP) Johann Tetzel is a wondrous salesmen but clearly no man of God by Luther’s standards. Indulgences were collected frequently by the Roman Church and were the core of their soaring monetary value‚ “During the fourteenth century popes in need of ready cash had begun to sell indulgences.” (416 The West) The church was greedy
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people are there. You listen to the priest preach the word and look at the stain glass windows to understand the meaning. As you are walking out you see a huge fire in the middle of the court. A man is yelling “You’ll burn in hell if you don’t buy an indulgence! You need to purchase one to forgive your sins and for tonight only Pope Leo X is willing to sell you one.” Fear rushes over you. As you look around you see a monk. That monk’s name is Martin Luther. You don’t know it yet but religion is going to
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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 Catholicism
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Martin Luther: Leader of the Protestant Reformation HIST 101 American Military University Kristin Sawicki The Protestant Reformation began in Wittenberg Germany in October of 1517 with Martin Luther who was a German Augustinian Monk. 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
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Martin Luther became one of Western history’s most significant figures. Martin Luther was a monk that taught the following three ideas: Faith in God was the only way to earn salvation (this contradicted the Church’s teaching that you could buy indulgences for sins and still be saved. The Bible is the sole authority for Christians to follow(this threatened the power of the pope. All Christians were equal (this diminished the power of Church officials). Martin Luther began having his teachings printed
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