Martin Luther Martin Luther and many of the protestant reformers rejected the idea of doing “things” to earn your salvation, due to the abuses that were common in the Catholic Church of the Renaissance period. Protestants today continue to have this same view. However, taking into consideration that all Christians recognize the Bible as the Word of God. When we think of the name Martin Luther, we think of Martin Luther King junior and segregation. There was another Martin Luther, even more important, Martin Luther protested and changed the Catholic Church in many ways.
He believed the selling indulgences was wrong, and even the pope, Pope Leo X, did not have the authority to abolish sins through payments. Luther recognized that at this time, the Church was more focused on accumulating money than saving its people and spreading the word of Christ. Luther believed that only God has the ability to take away the sins of humanity. Martin Luther published his opinions in a document titled Ninety-Five Theses. The monk's writing spread quickly around Europe, and he soon posed a serious threat to the Catholic Church.
The Catholics may have been angry with the church but their church got reform and that’s what they wanted. The Catholic Church had no choice but to sale indulgence that was the pope’s orders and back in that time the Catholics followed the pope. The Catholic Church spent their money on unnecessary things. The church didn’t think wisely, but all of that changed because Martin Luther reformed the church and John Calvin helped. The pope lead the church and decided a person gets into heaven, but William Tyndale believes that if you believe in Jesus Christ as your Savoir then you’ll get into heaven, and I believe the same things as Tyndale, you shouldn’t have to prove yourself to the pope that you deserve to go to heaven and the pope shouldn’t get to decide.
Henry VIII vs. John Calvin in the Protestant Reformation In the sixteenth century, stood the reformation of the Catholic Church in Western Europe. While the main focus was an internal renovation of the church, the outcome was much different than expected; the reformation led to a revolt against and an abandonment of principal Christian belief. The difference in the view and act of oneself was different from individual to individual during the reformation. While Calvin left for Geneva in 1536 from France because of the fear of persecution for the publically spread beliefs of his about the Church to the people, Henry VIII had manipulated the church for a way to receive a new wife in hopes for his first son. Different motivation stands for each of these people in what they did for the reformation.
The Puritans fled from England to the New World to escape persecution. The Puritans, their name meaning to “Purify” the church urged for many reforms in the Church of England. The Puritans followed John Calvin’s vision of predestination, and believed that everyone had either two destinies- salvation or damnation. Puritans are commonly known for their quest to freedom -freedom through salvation as well as freedom of their own religious practice- and their strict hardworking lifestyle. The Puritans wanted to alter practices promoted by the Anglican Church as well as decrease the power of the discriminatory and corrupt bishops.
Part A One individual world leader that made a significant social change to the world was Martin Luther. Martin Luther brought about changes to the Catholic Religion. Martin Luther saw that people of an uneducated background and the lower pay scale were being taken advanced of by members of the Catholic Religion and church. The people were informed that if they paid monetary payments to the Catholic Church that it would save them from their sins and would save them from going to hell. Martin thought that this was sinful and decided to begin his own church.
The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement that significantly the political and social spheres of Europe. This reformation is a religious movement because Martian Luther and his colleagues came to understand that if sinners had to earn salvation by their own merits and good works, they would be lost and completely without hope. Pope Leo X told the people that indulgence was a pardon and he made people believe that you could buy your
Sir Edmond Andros was an English military man who openly affiliated himself with the Church of England. The people of New England despised him because along with being a part of the Church of England, he had his men teach the people ti drink, blaspheme, curse, and damn. He changed everything cherished by New England by intentionally interrupting cherished town meetings, restricting the court, the press, schools, and revoking all land titles. 28. The Glorious Revolution was the dethroning of the unpopular Catholic James II and enthroning Protestant rulers William III and Mary.
Luther believed that the religious truth can be reach by reading the bible. Luther became increasingly angry about clergy selling ‘indulgences’ – promised remission from punishments from Sin. That on 31st October 1517, he published his 95 Theses, which was 95 complaints about the churches
Throughout history there has been individuals who greatly changed the world by simply following their intuition and standing up for what they believed to be right. In my opinion Martin Luther was one of these great people. Martin Luther left his schooling in German Law to become a Monk after fearing for his life while traveling in a thunderstorm. He cried out to St. Anne for protection and promised if the storm spared him his life he would become a Monk (Martin Luther, n.d., para 3). Martin Luther spent his montastic life studying scripture and Catholic doctrine and while studying found that the Roman Catholic church had strayed far from the teachings of the doctrine and was becoming corrupt.