can find the truth. The concept of priests or the Churches had the power over an individual relationship with God is against the bible. All Christians have a direct connect to God through faith and the Bible. This belief system was called the Protestantism founded by Martin Luther‚ who broke out of the Catholic Church system. This cause the Catholic Church to set and strengthen their position to face the rise of the protestant. This defense of the Church was organized by the Council of Trent. In
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Did the Counter-Reformation create a new and distinctive kind of spirituality? The Counter-Reformation‚ or Catholic Reformation as it is often referred to had ushered in an era of Catholic resistance to the Protestant Reformation. The Counter-Reformation can be defined by the various religious orders which sprang up during this Catholic resurgence and the approach in which they took in regards to responding the various social‚ artistic and political changes brought about by the Protestant Reformation
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study called The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism at the start of the 20th century which looked at how the seeds of capitalism were planted in the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. In this study Weber proposed that only Protestantism provided a moral compass that led its followers to restrain their material consumption while at the same time chasing after wealth (Weber). Weber argued that prior to the Reformation restraint on consumption was invariably linked to asceticism
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The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism‚ by M. Weber I/ What is the spirit of capitalism? According to Marx’s theory‚ labour is what define oneself in the world and give meaning to one’s life. Weber emphasized that theory when he published in 1904 “The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism”. Contrary to what if often thought‚ capitalism is not an immoderate and immoral seek for money‚ but a rational and controlled way of doing business. Profitability‚ which could
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Protestant Reformation The Protestant Reformation took place in Germany in the 16th century. During this time‚ Roman Catholic Church had a lot of power‚ and a priest called Martin Luther noticed their abuse of power. He decided to show people how the church was abusing of its power. He started by criticizing the sale of indulgences‚ and how priests‚ cardinals and even the Pope did not follow the teachings of the Bible. To criticize the Church‚ Luther wrote the 95 Theses and translated the Bible
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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 well. The Protestant Reformation
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Religious Reformation in the Middle Ages Throughout the middle ages‚ religion underwent much criticism and controversy. In a time where Catholicism reigned as the sole religion‚ ideas arose that opposed this strict faith. These ideas spawned the Protestant reform and changed religion throughout Europe. It not only changed religious practices and the path to God‚ but also initiated political repercussions. These results were all in search of an answer to the question to which everyone sought
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The Protestant Reformation was a major 16th century European movement aimed initially at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. 3. Some of the differences between the Eastern Orthodoxy‚ Roman Catholicism‚ and Protestantism are that within authority and traditions; the Roman Catholic church believes in authority regarding theological truth as deriving from three sources; the Pope and Bishops‚ the traditions of the Church and Scripture itself. The Eastern Orthodox
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religious ceremonies and the destruction of churches highlighted how the religion differences further divided France then before and led to the want for one religion to prevail because each thought the other was blasphemous. The nobles that used Protestantism to gain independence from the crown showed how politics played a role in the conflicts. The crown was already fragile as it was after the death of Henry II so the further separation of the religious sects caused instability in France and war to
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In 1517‚ the Roman Catholic Church’s world changed. An uprise began to reform the church. Heretic groups started protesting against Catholicism. The Catholic clergy was uneducated and the priests would not follow their own teachings. The Protestant Reformation was the break up of the Catholic Church. The reason the Protestant Reformation occurred was because of heresy and critics of the Roman Catholic Church. The heretics and critics of the church called the Catholics out on their wrongdoings and
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