(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 convinced that because of these indulgences, people had forgotten the message of Jesus in the Bible, the sacraments, faith, and charity, and it could explain why many, like Luther felt a need to breakaway, "which was the spark that ignited other outbreaks of reform throughout Europe." ...
The political, economic and social landscape of Northern Ireland pre-1969, can be compared with "powder-keg" Europe before World War I. There was no one factor that led to troubles in Northern Ireland, but was rather a culmination of circumstances and events stemming from the dominance of Protestant...
