Scottish Reformation

We Catholics are good at a lot of things. Helping arre neighbors and the needy. Repenting and dressing up on Sunday. Catholic guilt, wedding and funerals. All these thing Catholic are good at but what they really excel at is misinterpreting the Bible and spreading hate. For generation we have used the Bible to justice pretty un- catholic things: slavery and segregation and even war. The strange things is that if you ask any theologians young or old what the most important message of the bible they

The Church has impacted society through numerous ways over history, although a major milestone was the implementation of indulgences and how it would come to tear the church apart in its current state, paving the way for a new future of Christianity. The Catholic Church in the medieval era acquired great amounts power through the spread of Christianity in Europe after the fall of Rome. With newly acquired followers, and the structure of the Church; the Pope essentially was a conduit to God, and

created the,” Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,”or known as the 95 Theses.This document was about the ninety-five things that were wrong with the Catholic Church.This document, later, would become the basis of the Protestant Reformation. These were given out to the people in Germany

Thesis: Martin Luther believes that all Christians are not seen as equals as a result of the Romanists’ three walls. First Wall The first wall is the fact that spiritual power reigns over temporal power, but Luther comes to the conclusion that they don’t differ as much as most think, so he dismisses the idea of what most would consider spiritual power. He thinks all Christians are “consecrated to priesthood” (An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 65), therefore no Christian

Who were the Puritans and were their religious and social values. How did their views differ from the Anglican Church? The Puritans were a diverse group of religious people that sought to purify the Church of England in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Century. Most of the Puritans believed that the church was corrupted and that true Christians should be separated from it. The rise of Puritans started as people began learning how to read and write and as Bibles started becoming more available to commoners

established - which allowed each local prince choose the religion in their territory. Lutheranism became the mist dominant religion in the Roman Empire, it also spread to several other European countries. Then, John Calvin played a role in the Genevan Reformation. Following Lutheranism, Calvinism was the newest Protestant force that inspired resistances in Scotland, France, and the Netherlands. Calvin was very inspired by Luther’s ideas, when he became a Protestant

Contrasting the Doctrines of 16th Century Catholicism with Protestantism The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century threatened the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrinal and political authority over Europe. While instances of clerical corruption aroused dissonance, reformation was centered around conflicts of doctrine. In catholic theology, indulgences provide partial or full remission of temporal punishment for transgressions that have been forgiven. Indulgences were a product of the Crusades

Essentially, to all outward appearances in today’s world, this correlation of the long ago ’mystical faithful’ of the kingdom, the true holy brotherhood of the church, appears to be on the ‘endangered species list.’ Possibly through the diverse centuries, lust, power, money, greed, neglect or the combination of all, may have been the incentive for their departure from God’s Truths. Substantially, the lack of integrity and sacredness of the brotherhood’s sexual relationship with God appears as if

God’s love. Martin Luther was the first person to defy the Catholic Church and succeeded by recreating an entire religion. Martin Luther’s writings and teachings began, supported, and created doctrine for the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation with the 95 Theses. The 95 Theses is a work of different criticisms against the Catholic Church. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Church. It consisted of judgements of the Church

to gain remission for their sins without any penance or repentance. These remissions were usually sold to people by the pope in return of their “good deeds.” How will the angry rhetorical style of the documents contribute to the coming of the Reformation?