Martin Luther, commonly associated with the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, was actually not the first person to rebel against the Catholic Church. ... By taking more responsibility for one's community, more reformations on larger scales may follow, as demonstrated by Jan Hus and Martin Luther. ... Most importantly, Hus' preachings and death influenced Martin Luther, a pivotal figure in the Protestant Revolution which affected most of Europe. Martin Luther also saw corruption in the Church and believed that he has the responsibility to confront the Church. ... Jan Hus'...

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Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic Church to build his own interpretation of Christianity. Martin Luther was justified in breaking away from the Catholic Church because of the prevalence of selling indulgences, the exclusion of financially deprived people, and the unrestrained amount of funds that were channeled to Rome. Martin Luther made a wise choice of breaking away from the Catholic Church to promote ending the selling of indulgences. ... Martin Luther made the right choice of breaking away from the Catholic Church because poor people appeared to be left out and had a small chanc...

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What were Martin Luthers Criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church? ... Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German theologian who dared to challenge the Roman Catholic Church and consequently had a massive impact on Europe in the 16th Century. ... Martin Luther went into the religious life due to the fact that he felt he would never earn his eternal salvation. ... On october 31, Martin Luther nailed upon the door of Castle Church in Wittenburg, Germany, his 95 statements or proofs of church corruption. ... Luther had no intention on backing down however. ...

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Since October 31, 1517, Martin Luther has been the object of much scrutiny and controversy. ... However grave these accusations have been, none have been as extreme as the debate of Martin Luther as a Reformer as opposed to a Revolutionary. ... All conclusive evidence supports that Martin Luther, as far as issues of the 95 Theses are concerned, was both a Reformer and a Revolutionary. ... (Luther, 533) There is no question that by all definitions of both words, Martin Luther was both a Reformer and a Revolutionary. ... If there ever was a man of great achievements, Martin Luther was the ...

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As contemporaries of the 16th century, Niccolò Machiavelli and Martin Luther each perceived a corruption within the present authority. ... Unlike Machiavelli's political problems with authority, Luther's contentions are primarily theological. Luther's problem with Catholic authority was its emphasis on works as a means of justification. ... In contrast, Luther urges both the rulers and the ruled to act justly under God's word. ... In contrast, Luther sees his era as a time for theological reconstruction under God's will. ...

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Perhaps one of the greatest challenges occurred when Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on that parish church door in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517, putting the church hierarchy in distant Rome on notice that Christendom was facing a crisis. ... (Kirsch 271) Internal factors such as Martin Luther's stand on the indulgence controversy and external factors such as the recent invention of the printing press led to the rapid circulation of his writings, which in turn sparked smoldering discontent with the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy into raging flames. Luther was suppor...

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Leo X (the pope that excommunicated Martin Luther) appointed 6 cousins and nephews as cardinals" (Mackenney 1993: 4). ... It was Tetzel's irreverent sale of indulgences that eventually led Martin Luther to tack his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle in 1517. "Few people have had such an impact on so many fields as Martin Luther. ... "The Reformation began in 1517 by a German priest named Martin Luther, who publicly protested some of the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church" (Strayer 1995: 35). ... On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of t...

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If one man were to be given credit for the development of the Protestant work ethic it would have to be Martin Luther. ... As a result of Luther these world activities were quite important in adhering to God's wishes. ... However, gradually Luther began to protest against the life of the monks. ... Luther instilled in these people the concept that time is money. ... Luther emphasized that men should work their hardest at their particular calling. ...

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Protestants were already calling to reform the Roman Church and Reformers such as German Martin Luther, Frenchman Jean Calvin, and King Henry VIII, played significant roles in contributing to reforming the Catholic Church. ... "Counter - Reformation denotes the period of Catholic revival" which Luther was determined to do. The reformation movement began when German monk Martin Luther posted up the "Ninety-five Theses against the Roman Catholic Church of All Saints in Wittenberg" inviting debate and discussion amongst scholars. ... In the times of Luther, people had to pay money, as a way to ...

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The Reformation was started by Martin Luther, who opposed the Church's sale of indulgences by writing the Ninety-Five Theses. ... Martin Luther asserts that "every prince, nobleman and city should boldly forbid their subjects to pay the annates to Rome and abolish then entirely.... Martin Luther facilitated this process by declaring that "the Pope should have no authority over the emperor, except that he anoints and crowns him at the altar.... However, as the Protestant Reformation began, Martin Luther printed the Bible in German in 1522 and completely changed the role of the Ch...

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Martin Luther made several individual contributions to the development of Christianity, including initiating the Protestant Reformation. Although Luther conducted these acts hundreds of years after Paul's existence, Paul's teachings had an enormous impact on Luther's work. Luther adopted the concept of justification by faith from the teachings of Paul. ... Paul states, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believeth" (Romans 1:16), proving Luther adopted his ideas from Paul's theology. The continu...

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Original thinkers such as Galileo Galilei, Martin Luther, and Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni lead inspirational paths forever changing humanity. ... Additionally, Martin Luther's inspirational journey to disrupt the corruption of the church instilled an entirely new branch in Christianity. ... Roadblocks and doubters aside, brave actions throughout many other great philosophers, such as Martin Luther who, like Galileo, was harshly punished for their "treason" against the church. ... Martin Luther's opinions transcended into a new religion and split the most dominant reli...

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These were some of the big time issues that Martin Luther and several others, like John Calvin, were fighting against across Europe. ... Therefore illustrating one of the reasons why Pope Alexander VI had directly affected the development of the protestant reformation, since one of the main issues that Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers was the sale of indulgences. ... Showing another example of why many protestant reformers condoned simony because the popes who were elected were elected because of wealth and not for their faith in the church, which is why this was used as one of Ma...

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The phrase "under God" violates the establishment of freedom of religion guaranteed in the First Amendment because the phrase was added to the pledge in 1954 in order to prove that the United States was a godly, humble nation. However, religious diversity in the United States is very prominent, and ...

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Among his worries were Martin Luther's defiance of the Catholic Church, the wars it yielded, advancing Ottoman armies, marauding French in Northern Italy, competition between Spain and Portugal for territories abroad, and financing constant warfare. ...

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Religion has played an important role in every society since the dawn of civilization. This importance can be seen from the earliest written texts of ancient Samaria to many famous works written in modern times. In religion, authors have a subject that will guarantee them a wi...

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The Black Death created a time that was a very influential period in European history. Some historians today argue that the Black Death was "a necessary and long-overdue corrective to an overpopulated Europe" (Aberth 3). Regardless, with mortality rates throughout Europe ranging from 40 to 70 percen...

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