A decade later, an opposition developed referring to itself as confessionals, a well-developed religious movement of orthodox Christians. Three specific groups made up the progressive liberals and orthodox Christians in their relationship to Darwin's evolutionary theory. ... Finally, the third group, orthodox Christians, whose members were unacquainted with Darwin's theory, mainly Catholics, because of their uneducated scientific thought. 6 The first groups to view Darwin's theory in the Netherlands were the Modern Theologians. The group of Christian's goal was to incorpo...

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As a young man, Luther had the opportunity to be formally schooled, and even obtained a university degree (Daniel-Rops, 558). ... Luther also began raising public eyebrows by adamantly proclaiming that any Christian who was truly repentant had "the right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without indulgence letters" (Luther, 525). ... He questioned the religiousness of the pope, and urged Christians to become educated in biblical matters, without submitting to the papacy (Luther, 531). ... In his address to the Christian nobility of the German nation, Luther compared the battle aga...

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Education was very important to the Catholic Church, and in 1852 in South Australia the government withdrew state aid so the Catholic Church was forced to pay for its own schools. In 1866 there were still only 19 lay staffed schools paid for by local parishes. ... She devised a system of education admirable suited to the basic needs of literacy and numeracy for "Bush" children, with priority given to character formation as young Christians, responsible for contributing to a better society for Australia The establishment of the order was not without its drama. ...

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Even many social services such as orphanages, schools, charities, and hospitals were organized by the Church. ... " (McKay, Hill, Buckler, Crowston, Wiesner-Hanks 339) This meant that one only needed to have faith for God, grace to God, and most importantly, a deep understanding for Scripture to be a devout Christian. ... There are currently 800 million Protestants in the world, they all stand testament to the wide-spread influence of the Protestant Reformation ("Christian Traditions" 2011). ...

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One of Pope Alexander VI's most famous uses of Nepotism was when he made his son, Cesare Borgia, Arch-Bishop of Valencia even though his son was only seventeen years old, whom was still in school, and was clearly also not the most qualified individual for the position of Archbishop. ...

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Luther's decision to break away from the church enabled him to spread his teachings, which were primarily: salvation is achieved through faith, not money, the bible is the source of truth, and every town should be able to have a school of its own so that children would learn how to read, write, and think for themselves. ... From there, he attracted the attention of many people, especially the poor, and argued that going to heaven is achieved not by buying indulgences, but by simply having faith and leading a good Christian life. ...

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"It is fair to regard the Reformation as revolutionary, for it shattered the unity of the Christian church, which had for the previous one thousand years provided the cultural and organizational foundation of the Western Civilization" (Strayer 1995: 35). ... The oldest of the Christian churches, the Roman Catholic Church has a very long history in Germany and remains one of the largest religions in the German speaking world. ... "...the five Vicars of Christ who ruled the Holy See during Magellan's lifetime [1480-1521] were the least Christian of men; the least devout, least scrupulou...

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