Essays on Protestant Reformation

Reason for Catholic and Protestant Reformation’ Great Impact on Europe

The Catholic and Protestant Reformation represent the radical, religious, academic and traditional disturbance that traumatized Catholic Europe in the 16th Century. It set in place the notions and opinions that would describe the continent in the contemporary period. In central and northern Europe, activists like John Calvin, and Martin Luther questioned papal power and probed the Catholic Church’s capability to define Christian exercise. Although the movement was predominantly spiritual, the attitude of independence endorsed by Protestantism steered many people to rebel in contradiction of the power of the church and the authoritative monarchs, who relied on their authority ...

Bacon’s tale of the New Atlantis is a “blueprint” of the results of the Christian Reformation and Luther’s new view on how Christianity should be interpreted and understood. In addition, Bacon lived at the beginning of the Renaissance - a time of “new” change, change in thought, beliefs, and enlightenment. In particular, Bacon created an ideal world to reflect this “new world” blueprint, showing both the highs and lows of such a new world. This essay is a literary review of The New Atlantis (1627). To complete this review the following literary elements will be used: tone, ...

History: “Secular” Concept

The association of secular to the worldly notion by Protestant Reformation indicates transformational changes being experienced. The “secular” concept indicating nonreligious activities, if accepted, they are driving people away to worldly needs. The religion is at the center of the experiencing changes in the authority of faith and restoration of the destroyed faith in authority. The major concerns are directed on how layman uses these authorities subject to what ordained priests consider transformation achievement. The approach by the priests to assess the changes experienced by the laymen, it gives an indication of secular concepts and relating it to the ...

Liberty or freedom as a primary social, political and economic ideal which should be strived for is a relatively recent development in world history. The idea that the individual should be the primary subject and that individual freedom is a universal good and something which determines the quality of life and the quality or lack thereof of a government.  Freedom is conceived in two different and opposite ways. Positive freedom and negative freedom. The concept of positive freedom is encapsulated by the idea of agency. The idea which a person or subject has agency which means that they have ...

Section 1

One of the famous stories of the 18th century is written by Voltaire in which he tried to deliver his message to the readers through the experiences of Candide (the main character of this story). For that, he showed that Candide believed in the theory to live his life. However, the theories on which Candide lived his his life repeatedly put him to the test throughout this story. Even then, Candide did not change his views and learned from his experiences. Through this story, Voltaire tried to give a lesson to the readers. I believe that there are five ...

Introduction

Before the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment, though, the field of inquiry was completely different than it would be afterward. There was only one religious establishment during that time period, and that establishment had the power of eternal fear over everyone and everything. The fact that the Roman Catholic Church had the power to ban someone not just from church but from any chance of salvation radically altered the calculus of anyone interested in pursuing any sort of intellectual endeavor. Remember, this is the same institution that sought to excommunicate Galileo and Copernicus because of their claims that the ...

Religious Studies Response

The Crusades are a chain of planned armed operations during the period of 1096 to 1487. The campaigns were initiated by the Popes aimed at upholding the Christian supremacy. The initial Crusades started in 1095 when Christian forces from the Western Europe acted according to the Pope Urban II’s request to wage a battle against the Muslim occupation of the Christian Holy Land. Jesus Christ preached the brotherhood of man and that love itself is God. The crusades would not have happened if the Popes considered the teachings of Jesus. Jesus would have never approved the crusades. (history.com) ...

In the medieval era, the stature of the women in the society continued to grow as some women took part in duties outside their homes. However, the small gains made in the medieval era were reversed during Protestant Reformation. Therefore, though there were few opportunities for women to explore their talents outside their traditional roles during Protestant Reformation, there were many challenges that restricted the development of women compared to the medieval era. According to Smith, the best time when women were active in the church was a decade to the decision to break away from the Catholic Church. ...

Europe experienced many changes in the 16th century, among them the protestant reformation, also referred to as the protestant revolt. The pioneers of this movement were Martin Luther, John Calvin, Huldreich Zwingli, and John Knox among other early Protestants (Spitz 45). The major aim of the Protestant movement was to break away from the practices and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. Former events within Europe including the Western Schism and the Black Death had gradually destroyed the faith people had in the Catholic Church leading to the Protestant reformation. Ambitious political leaders that wanted to extend their powers ...