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    critique of the Catholic Church, when Luther spoke on the will, Erasmus wrote rebuttal if you will called “The Freedom of the Will”. In this writing Erasmus was defending Catholic teaching of free will. He believes that Luther has gone too far in going outside the church. Erasmus preferred to be critical from within, were as Luther went out doing his own thing. Now, Luther responds to Erasmus with his own writing in “On the Bondage of the Will”. Were Luther believes that the Catholic teaching on free will

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    The Catholic Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. The church is Apostolic for a variety of reasons. Without this mark of the Church, there would be no church officials responsible for continuing the works of Jesus Christ and the twelve Apostles. Being Apostolic allows the church to pass authority to its leaders, and teachings on from generation to generation. The Catholic Church is Apostolic, and many of its attributes are related or reflect this mark of the Church. The word apostolic

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    Muhammad's death. The Pope is the substitute of Christ for the Catholic Church. Muhammad is called the last and final Messenger of God in Islam. Islam and Catholic people both have an important holy place where followers are taught to look as the headquarters. The Mecca is a place for the Islam religion and the Vatican belongs to the Roman Catholics. Also, in both religions, the Biblical view of the Atonement is denied. When in prayer, Catholics use a rosary, while Islam uses prayer beads. Muslims beads

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    were formed are their history, beliefs, and they’re teachings explain why they are viewed as they are today. Throughout the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was subject to much criticism and disappointment. The Great

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    of the Catholic Church. Luther came up with the list that condemned the Catholic Church because he was frustrated with how the Catholic Church’s teachings were incorrect. He used the printing press to print his list and spread the church’s flaws to the public easier. Martin Luther opened the gate for many other protestant minded Christians by standing up for his beliefs. His opinions began the era later known as the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther was very angry how the Catholic Church

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    Michael Welton wanted to know whether or not the Jesuits were successful teaching the Hurons Catholic traditions in an effort to simulate the indigenous group into an European Society. He evaluated twenty-four sources and discovered that indeed the Jesuits had displaced the Huron Indigenous belief system. Welton says that by Pedapgic teachings, the Jesuits were able to convert the community’s belief to Euro-Catholic Subjectives. The research that Welton completed revealed that the Jesuits proceeded

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    reaching out to non-Christians and educating people on the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Papal Inquisitors, a group that played a major role in the Medieval Inquisition during the heart of the rough Middle Ages, slowed down the spread of beliefs that went against the teachings of the Church, but did so at the price of killing and exposing possible heretics. Both groups were able to respond strongly to the questioning of Catholic Church teachings; however, one responded with words and wisdom, while

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    the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church was a corrupt church back at the time but no one really knew about it. One reason is because peasants and other lower-class people didn’t understand Latin so they couldn’t read the Bible except for the priests. This gave the pope and the whole church administration an idea to get huge wealth. They used relics,sacred items, to their advantage to give false hope to people, gave indulgences, a ticket to heaven, for money, and with this money the Catholic Church

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    The Protestant Reformation was from the period 1500 to 1645. It was movement to reform Roman Catholicism in Europe during the 16th century. The Reformation was known for it religious pluralism in Europe. This movement attacked the religious view, which controlled Europe at the time politically, socially and religiously. Marin Luther was the man who led and started the reformation, and was further modified by a French man named John Calvin, and then Hendry VII, king of England. By the reformation

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    Catholic Americans Social factors that have impacted current and historical things outside the experience of discrimination. How has the prejudice been created and disseminated? The prejudice experienced by Catholic Americans can be traced as far back as the sixteenth century. Roman Catholicism was the dominating religion throughout most of Europe and the Catholic Church held great wealth, social, and political standing. The loyalty of the people to Rome and the Papacy at that time seemed to be unyielding

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