DBQ: The Protestant Reformation

In that day the pardoners were paid by the church to offer these indulgences, and is not supposed to pocket any charitable donations from the penitents. This practice came under the critique by quite a few churchmen. Widespread suspicion held that the pardoners would counterfeit the pope’s signature on illegitament indulgences and pocket the extra money. The character in The Canterbury Tales was supposed to represent that type of figure throughout the story, and did so

To state that one does not even have a responsibility to give, but rather a duty to give away their income to the less fortunate is not only offensive to those living in a free world, but is also classist in implying that those who live in the lower class and below the poverty line are not fulfilling their ‘human duties’ in donating by saving what little extra money they have. In “Rethinking Peter Singer: A Christian Critique”, philosopher Anthony Daniels floats the idea that in order for Singer to be true to his own principles, he should withdraw all of his books from the market. For every copy of “Famine, Affluence and Morality” (for example) which is sold, Singer is, by his logic, directly causing the death or misfortune of someone in a dire situation by allowing someone else to use their money on something other than humanitarian

Martin Luther had many different beliefs than that of the Roman Catholic Church and the church did not, however, respond well to them. Luther first attacked the selling of indulgences because the put and unnecessary strain on the people not to mention he thought it to be a sin. The Roman Catholic Church did not favor this one because that is how the received most of their money for building things. He believed that you could go to heaven by faith alone. This, however, was not a principle of the Roman Catholic church believes once you are saved you go to heaven.

In addition, Pope Leo X (son of Lorenzo de Medici), was a great patron (contributes money) of arts and artists to create very expensive works, however the Pope paid for the art with the Church’s money. The church paid for this by having the peasants pay higher tithes (taxes to the church) and increasing the cost of baptisms and marriages. The use of indulgences was also a major reason people wanted a reform. An indulgence is a pardon for their sins. In 1517, German priest Martin Luther, son of a peasant miner, began a revolt that became the Reformation.

While the church group never blatantly classifies the camp as a conversion effort, the implications of such activity are present. When the Catholic students come to the reservation for their camp, they imagine the Indians as an inferior group who need their assistance in order to obtain a better

He makes a great argument here for civil disobedience, showing the need for change in the country, even when it goes against what is commonly practiced.

So the British imposed taxes on the colonies to improve their struggling economy from the war. The colonies believed that they should govern themselves and should not give their money to a nation that is across the ocean, especially since the colonies were not represented in parliament. The stamp act was the final straw for the colonies. The colonials rebelled and decided not to pay for the stamps. A few colonials formed a group called “The Sons of Liberty” to directly oppose Great Britain and the man, or tyrant, who ruled them.

On one hand, Martin Luther was a religious man who sought for the good of the Catholic community. His beliefs of corruption within the Catholic Church induced him to rebel against religion by allegating in the 95 Thesis every aspect that he disapproved. Those arguments were not considered

The absurd idea of eating children was never Swift real intention. Swift 's real views about how to relieve poverty included solutions such as not purchasing foreign products, taxing English landlords who didn 't live on their Irish land, teaching landlords to have mercy toward their tenants and learning how to love their country. I think his policies involving English landlords leaning to have mercy towards their tenants and paying taxes for not living on their land

Because of these conditions they considered starting anew in the British colonies in North America (Anderson 8; Wood 13). In the 1600s to mid 1700s, the British government left the colonies mostly alone to govern themselves. This became known as salutary neglect. As long as everything went smoothly the colonies could govern themselves.

The ninety-five theses was originally written in Latin by Martin Luther on the door of the Catholic Church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517. It was about what Martin Luther felt was wrong with the Catholic Church. There were many things that he criticized about the Church such as the power of the pope, the wealth of the church, and the purgatory. The ninety-five theses was also written to tell people that he didn’t like the way the priests were doing and saying to tried to get money out of people for thing they didn’t do that involved the church. Luther also believed that humans could not reach salvation by their own acts, but that God could bestow it upon them by his divine grace.

Martin Luther believed that salvation wasn’t reached by the traditions that Church taught to follow but by “Faith alone,grace alone, Scripture alone” a saying that is used to summarize his ideal. What triggered his will to speak out about his new understanding was when Pope Leo X authorized the selling of indulgences, a document that if purchased will shorten the amount of time one spends in the purgatory. Other factors of anticlericalism were also important in the start of his protest against the Catholic Church, but the sale of indulgences that was even conducted in his hometown made it clear to him that Church does not care about the poor or the people in general but rather wants to advance its grip in power. For the above reasons, Luther believed that a change in the customs of the Catholic Church must take place. However English monarch Henry VIII had individual reasons for such an inspired fight for the separation from the church.

Catholic Church taught people how they could be saved by doing good work and having faith in God. Church taught Christians a series of spiritual rituals in order to be more graceful to God. The Holy Sacraments include Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Confession, Marriage, Ordination of Priests, Last Rites for the Dying. By the early 1500s they were in corruption and unwillingness to adopt reforms In Germany. Martin Luther, a catholic monk became involved in a serious dispute with the Catholic Church.

People thought Church practices (sale of indulgences) was not allowable. a. John Wycliffe of England and Jan Hus of Bohemia recommended Church reform. b. Europeans were reviewing religious information and also thought about their own opinions about the Church. B. Luther Challenges the Church Luther made a stand towards the actions of friar Johann Tetzel.

One way the pope and priests were able to raise money for their projects was through indulgence. Indulgences allowed the parishioner to “buy” their way out of purgatory faster. A German priest, Martin Luther, was dismayed by the use of indulgences and in an effort to correct the Catholic Church’s error wrote the 95