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Reformation History
The history of The Reformation started when Western European Catholics opposed what they believed to be false doctrines and ecclesiastic malpractice within the Catholic Church. The movement’s famous leaders include Martin Luther and John Calvin.
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What did Martin Luther do to try to fix the Church?
Martin Luther did not believe that the church was necessary to be a Catholic, as the ceremonies and rituals were unnecessary. He also didn't believe in paying to get rid of your sins, or for penance, which is what the church believed in.
John believed that the church should be poor like in the days of apostles while Jan Hus condemned immorality of the clergy. They burned to death.
How did martin luther's ninety-five thesis relate to the pilgrims?
The pilgrim story starts with the signing of the Magna Carta. King John effectively surrendered Royal Sovereignty and admitted that the king was subject to the law.
This idea floated around until hidden in Luther's 95 thesis was the challenge that the Pope also was subject to the law.
If kings and popes were subject to the law, the natural conclusion is that all men were created equal under God. And if they are equal then proper government was established by the consent of the governed, by right and responsibility.
The pilgrims formed a covenental society based on this principle. All the ancillary concepts like freedom of religion , work ethics, free markets, etc. are wrapped up in the foundational idea that all men are created equal.
With the removal of God from the formative idea, the concept of the responsibility of the governed is also lost. The pilgrim story starts with the signing of the Magna Carta. King John effectively surrendered Royal Sovereignty and admitted that the king was subject to the law.
This idea floated around until hidden in Luther's 95 thesis was the challenge that the Pope also was subject to the law.
If kings and popes were subject to the law, the natural conclusion is that all men were created equal under God. And if they are equal then proper government was established by the consent of the governed, by right and responsibility.
The pilgrims formed a covenental society based on this principle. All the ancillary concepts like freedom of religion , work ethics, free markets, etc. are wrapped up in the foundational idea that all men are created equal.
With the removal of God from the formative idea, the concept of the responsibility of the governed is also lost.
What did Martin Luther say was necessary for a man to be saved as opposed to the Catholic Church?
He said that you needed to have faith in the risen Lord to be saved. He also said that good deeds were not enough to get there.
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Catholic AnswerThe above answer is correct as far as it goes, but then the Council of Trent said exactly the same things, even declaring that anyone who says that they can achieve salvation through good works is to be declared anathema. Martin Luther said that you should go out and "sin mightily" to prove that God could save you regardless of what you did. Martin Luther said what was necessary, but his problem came in what he declared was unnecessary.How did martin Luther's ideas change the church?
The church banned the sale of indulgances ,priests and bishops had to live in their diocese and parishes ,the church set up a court called the inquistion to punish people who were not loyal to god which involved some people being burned at the stake, these changes happened after 1563
It is often said that in the longer term it encouraged conformism and servility.
Reforms began in Romania after who was removed from power?
I probably will misspell his name but Nicolai Ceachescu and his wife were executed for crimes against their people in 1990 or so. They were brutal tyrants that had built immense palaces and at the same time, severely restricted heat and food staples during the winter, causing misery for millions of the people. They were arrested after the revolution and given a brief trial and then quickly executed by firing squad. The reforms have dramatically transformed Rumania and Bucharest the capital. Rumania has experienced strong economic growth and has joined the European Union and NATO. Bucharest today looks much like the rest of Europe-shopping malls and a growing middle class. The city is vibrant and lost its drabness suffered under Ceuasescu.
1) The Ceausescu's family has been very fast executed, right on the Christmas day, after a brief judgment, in a secluded location. They had no defense and they didn't even understand what was happening to them. It was just a justificative act, in a big put-in-scene show. Actually, nobody cared about what they did, but there were a lot of people interested in their fortune. This explains the rush. They were simple, uneducated people who have been so brainwashed by cohorts of people who praised them for their beauty and genius, till they got completely lost from reality. They were so used to be admired, approved and praised till they started to believe that indeed, everybody loves them and they were Gods.
2) Bucharest became indeed a huge shopping mall. New casinos have been made, while heritage buildings are falling to pieces. The new "reforms", replaced a culture based on the theater, film, library, concert experience with a TV in Berlusconi's style, they pushed thousands of highly educated people to exude and a lot of desperate people between 30's and 50's to leave abroad looking for work. This generated a high rate of suicides among the children left at home, with their grandparents. Romania had/has no economic growth; coz the industry and agriculture have been systematically destroyed. Like the schools and the hospitals. The government borrows money to pay salaries and rents (Romania's debts are sky rocketing) or gets money from incredible taxes. Oh, yeah, and sells the resources. Lately, a famous mayor declared that actually "Romania should make money from the beauty of their women", while important guys from the Govern have a flourish business with organ donors. Interesting, no?
What effect did the burning of the martyrs have on the growth of Protestantism?
none whatsoever, the people of Tudor times simply pretended to change their beliefs so they wouldnt be burnt (with the exception of few)
Why is Germany called the land of the Reformation?
because Martin Luther, generally regarded as father of the reformation, was a german catholic priest and wanted to reform the catholic church! he started this process in germany resulting in the different protestant churches we know today!
What was the first important act in what became known as the Protestant Reformation?
In many ways the period of history known as the Protestant Reformation could be viewed as a
second Axial Age (apologies to Karl Jaspers). Stemming from the European Renaissance, the
rise of humanism and political and scientific growth this period in religious history marked a
decrease in the central authority and power of the Catholic Church, or more correctly the Latin
Church. It was the first of the clashes with Islam which took place outside the Holy Lands and a
time when explorers pushed the boundaries of what constituted the known world. In many ways
it was to quote Dickens, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." And as THOMAS PAINE, not Patrick Henry, would say over two hundred years later and in a very different context, it was a time "that tries men‟s souls." Before I move too deeply into the Reformation allow me to present a timeline which covers the highlights for a variety of people and events of this age of great change.
What year did the French invade Ireland?
The French invaded Ireland in 1798, but they didn't manage to conquer Ireland because the Irish defeated them.
An immediate result of the Renaissance was?
An immediate result of the Renaissance was the Reformation.
What were Martin luthers key complaints against the catholic church?
Acting on this belief, he wrote the "Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences," also known as "The 95 Theses," a list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Gutenberg Castle church.
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What two groups did the Protestant Reformation divide Christianity in Germany?
prostants and catholics!
youre welcome;)
What was the protest reformation?
It was when Martin Luther decided to "reform" the Church. It was also started with the lust of Henry VIII for Anne Boleyn and Anne Boleyn's lust for power. Basically, these people didn't want to follow the rules of the Church, so they went off and started their own churches.
People were eager to buy indulgences from men sent by the Pope, like Johannes Tezel, because they knew their sins displeased God and must be paid (atoned) for. Tetzel, and others, taught that by purchasing indulgences, sins could be removed.
What became known as the Reformation?
Reformation was a movement for reforming the Catholic Church and it led to the creation of Protestant Churches as well as serious social and political changes.
It began with Martin Luther. He was a monk and a professor at Wittenberg, Germany. He was dissatisfied with traditional church theology and came to a conclusion that salvation was possible only by faith alone. He protested against the idea that salvation was something that could be bought and sold for money. He protested against indulgences (selling pardons for sins) and other church abuses in his 95-point theses which he nailed on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church in 1517.
After he had been condemned for heresy, he translated the Bible into German and began to organise a new church. It was called Lutheran Church after him. Lutheranism quickly spread in the German states, France and elsewhere in Europe. Another leader of Reformation was John Calvin. He started his new church in Geneva, Switzerland. Calvinists believed that it was their responsibility to change society morally, introduced strict discipline and created the idea of predestination.
