Also, the Clergy was there to help, but was no more significant .
than the rest of the worshipers. Secondly, Both Calvinism and Lutheran were Christian .
denominations. Therefore, they both believed in basic Christian dogma. They believed .
that there was a heaven, a hell, and a God. Also they believed in original sin. More over, .
both Calvin and Luther believed that the priest was nothing more than an intermediary .
between the follower and god. He was equal to everyone else, thus he shared everyone .
else's rights. For example, a Calvinist or Lutheran priest could marry freely. .
Though they shared some similar view points, Calvin and Luther also strongly .
disagreed in a few places. Calvin was a strong believer of predestination. Whereas Luther .
believed in God's good grace and justification by faith. Calvin stated in the Weber Theses, .
there was nothing one could do to gain admission to heaven. Luther said that one was .
responsible for knowing God's will, believing in God, and carrying out a personal dialogue .
with him. However, Calvin believed that Christ already had everyone picked out, and .
knew weather or not each person would gain entry to heaven. Luther believed that one .
had to know exactly what it was that one believed in, and one was responsible for living .
that faith everyday. Calvin said that the way one knew if one was going to be granted .
salvation was if you were rich. If you were rich, than that means that God gave you .
something to do. Luther believed that no one could ever work hard enough to be good .
enough for God, and it was an insult to go about all those mechanical procedures in interest .
of earning salvation. Another main difference in beliefs for the two was the area of .
government. Calvin believed in a theocracy, or making church and state one. Whereas .
Luther believed just the opposite. He thought that church and state had to be separate.
Luther and Calvin shared quite a few similar practices.
