to be that of John the Baptist and purchases an indulgence. It is during this time that Luther begins to question the veracity of indulgences. Returning to Germany‚ Luther is sent to Wittenberg‚ where he begins to teach his congregation that God are not a God of hate‚ but a God of love. Luther begins to emphasize the love of God instead of his judgment. John Tetzel then comes close to Luther’s town where he scares the people into buying indulgences. (The proceeds would be used to build St. Peter’s
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1. What according to Aristotle‚ is a virtue? What is a vice? Fully describe two virtues and their corresponding vices. How does the concept of balance relate to virtues and vices? A virtue is something that can be praised upon however it is also make us good and obedient to the law. Virtue makes us good and obedient to the laws that are forced upon us. There are two types of virtues one is a moral virtue which comes from habits while intellectual virtue comes from knowledge. However‚ Aristotle talks
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Five hundred years ago on All Saint’s Eve in 1517 a man so displeased by the state of the church nailed his ninety-five protests to the door of the church in Wittenberg. Overnight‚ this monk from Germany had vocalized his beliefs in a very public manner that shook leaders and scholars alike. As a teacher‚ monk‚ and Reformation founder Luther’s desire was to be an honest and responsible Christian. With such a simplistic action‚ Martin Luther began a movement that he never intended to transpire. Historically
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An indulgence‚ a religious pardon that released a sinner from performing specific penalties‚ could be bought from a church official for various fees. Martin Luther was especially troubled because some church officials gave people the impression that they could buy their way into heaven. Doctrines of indulgences taught that Christ and the saints had stored up a treasury of merit. Indulgences could reduce the amount of time spent in purgatory; did not bring forgiveness of sin. Indulgences were sold
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the double in the novel‚ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ as well as in the contemporary film the Fight Club‚ represents certain historical events/social attitudes. In the following the theme of the double of Self-restraint (west/colonizer) versus Self-indulgence/Decadence (East/Colonized) is presented in the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ while the theme of the double of Capitalism (Representing Materialism) versus Socialism is presented in the film Fight Club and finally how this novel and this film differ
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opportunity to resume the St. Peter’s project by authorizing the sales agreement of indulgences in Albrecht’s territories.Half of the profit from these sales would go to repaying Albrecht’s debt. They were in debt with the Fugger bankers for a loan. The loan was needed to purchase other necessary things the other half would go to rebuilding St. Peter’s. Therefore‚ in 1515‚ Leo improved the law by authorizing the sale of indulgences. However ‚ the outcome of this was the 95 Theses. The 95 Theses questioned
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their teachings. He first began questioning the church when he went to Rome for the first time. He bought an indulgence‚ or a piece of paper that could forgive you or someone you love of your sins‚ he soon realized that this was a scam put on by the church so they could get more money. He battled against the church about this for a very long time and after he got the word out about indulgences bringing no peace or forgiveness many people stopped buying them. This was the beginning of a revolution.
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revolution. There were a number of signs of disorder within the church‚ pointing to the need for moral and administrative reform. For example‚ it was the granting of indulgences that propelled Martin Luther into the movement for doctrinal change in the church. Luther had comes to the conclusion that salvation could not come by good works or indulgences‚ but only through faith. This was to be one of the fundamental tenets of Protestantism and one of the ideas that pushed Luther and the German nobility to revolt
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According to Luther’s Theses no. 6‚ pope’s authority was only to declare that God had forgiven the sin. The pope‚ himself‚ did not have the power to remit guilt. However‚ Council of Trent asserted that God had bestowed power to the pope to grant indulgence that could remit guilt since church was God’s representative in the earth. Another dissimilarity was in the definition of priesthood. In accordance to the Scripture‚ Zwingli claimed that all people could be regarded as priests if and only if they
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