During the 1500’s, the Catholic Church was in a state of nepotistic and was shrouded in corruption and wrongdoing. During this time, to attain ones salvation, one could simply buy their salvation. Luther apposed this with his belief and understanding of salvation; the only way to attain salvation according to the scriptures was by the individual, based on ones faith. Luther saw what the Catholic Church was doing as mealy a way to make profit. Not only that, Luther also saw this as a way for people who could afford the price sin without any implications as they still held the Church’s highest regard.
Calvin also built a university in Geneva in 1559 that prepared young scholars for the ministry or civil service. His educational ideas eventually spread to Germany, France, the Netherlands, and England. Perhaps the most influential philosopher and theorist of the Renaissance was John Locke. Locke’s contributions began with his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding published in 1690. In this work, Locke contradicts the theory of innate ideas and put forth the concept of the human mind as being a “tabula rasa” or blank slate where it is void of any ideas.
To what extent could it be said that the Roman Catholic Church was too corrupt to meet the needs of its people by 1517? (30 marks) The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were a profoundly religious age – Heaven and hell, God and the Devil, saints and the demonic masses were all very real. Undoubtedly, the popular piety was extremely strong, and it strengthened on the eve of the Reformation. The Church played a central role for the people of late medieval Europe, not just in spiritual terms, but also socially and economically. It was at the heart of society – it provided many with stability and certainty.
Martin Luther Stance against Indulgences Martin Luther did not set out to alter the world. As a young man, he came up against some techniques that the Church was utilizing that did not agree in his conscious, and he searched for answers that were biblical. Martin Luther was a German Augustinian friar, a pioneer of the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, and also the son of a miner. He lived during a period where the Catholic Church ruled the land, he had a strong desire for the restoration of truth in the Church and a passion for the salvation. Luther saw countless of advanced developments sweep across Western Europe, some changes sparked by his words.
Men wanting to become priests would come Priests would come and learn at the Sacred Heart. Leo Dehon didn’t find the Sacred Heart right away though; He was born on March 14 in 1843 in La Capella, France. Leo grew up in a wealthy family. When Dehon was at a young age he always had an interest in all the discoveries and debates that were during his time. Also, Dehon was very interested in knowledge and learning.
Evaluate the view that the world is becoming more secular The 19th century has been labelled as 'the golden age' of religion, whereby all over the world, Church attendances where seemingly at their peak, with people relying on faith for justifying the meaning and truths of life, as well as for maintaining norms and values, to keep societies running smoothly with a sense of community. Today, however, there are apparently fewer baptisms and church weddings, as well as a decrease in regular church attendees, decrease in traditional Christian beliefs increase in average age of churchgoers and increase in religious diversity. However, other ideas such as privatisation seem to counteract evidence that show society today as secularised. Statistics have played an important part in demonstrating how secularisation has become more secular. In 1966, Bryan Wilson defined secularisation as 'the process whereby religious beliefs, practices and institutions lose social significance'.
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus”1. This is quote from Martin Luther King, Jr about leadership, how important was King to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Many people of the years have questioned how important King was to the movement; discussions’ ranging from was King that important to the civil rights movement, to whether or not the people really needed King for the civil rights movement to happen. In the following few paragraphs I will explain just how important King was to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The leadership of King, to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s was by far the most important as he was the only one that was willing to talk about the issues of racial segregation and racial discrimination, The only African American spokes person for the civil rights movement who dreamed and spoke about a day when “little black boys and girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers”2 who talk about changing the status-quo and was willing to venture into un-chartered territories.
“And I gave a thousand handsome good things, which I had brought, in order that they might conceive affection, and more than that, might become Christians…,”1 By giving them goods, Columbus thought that they would convert to Christianity. Along with trying to convert the natives to Christianity, Columbus saw of all the resources there was in the Americas. He sets up trade with the Americas and also on the island of Villa de Navidad, he made a fort and left some men there to finish the fort and guard it. Columbus had a good relationship with the king of that land, but also says that if there were any conflicts that the men he
'I shall enjoy being in the Militia but I planned a very different lifestyle for myself. I was going to become a clergyman but Mr Darcy stopped me.' This only enforces what Lizzy thinks of Mr Darcy. Lizzy becomes to like Mr Wickham even more because they both feel the same way over Mr Darcy. Later Mr Wickham tells Lizzy that 'many people like Mr Darcy because they know he comes form a noble and rich family.
They had condemned de Valera and his followers during the civil war however Fianna Fail were strongly influenced by the church and bishops. De valera seeked acceptance as leader who had the approval of the church. This meant that the Eucharistic congress of 1932 would be significant as it was perfect for