The Reformation was the 16th century religious and political that divided Catholic Europe. Reformers challenged church authority and questioned the Catholic Church's ability to “censor” different thinking and practices. “You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time” this is only one of the famous quote by John Knox. Knox was a Protestant leader in Scotland who stood up for what he believed was right. His childhood was mostly good and he got a good education. Knox had a lot of things he considered his career, he was a Scottish minister, theologian, and a writer. If John Knox did not exist the structures and beliefs of present day would be different. John Knox was born in Scotland in 1514. His influence to become a spokesman for the reformation in Scotland was George Wishart, who in 1546 was burned for heresy. John Knox got imprisoned in England and Europe before coming back to …show more content…
Scotland and supervising the constitution and liturgy (a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted) of the reformed church. John Knox was born in 1514 AD to William and Sinclair Knox. His father William was a merchant and his mother Sinclair died when he was just a child. His father's job of being a merchant opened up opportunities for him like seeing different cultures and how things worked. Knox’s education was fairly good. He got primary education at the grammar school in Haddington and went to two different universities. He went to university of St. Andrews and the university of Glasgow. John Knox also studied under one of the best scholars of his time, which was John Major. During his time with John Major he studied priesthood. John Knox had a wife who passed away at the beginning of his labors, she had two sons with him named Nathanael and Eleazer. John Knox remarried in 1564 with a girl named Margaret Stewart, who was remotely connected to the royal family. This marriage was somewhat surprising because John Knox was 50 years old and Margaret was only 17 years old. Margaret had three daughters with John Knox, and the youngest married John Welsh who was a famous minister. John Knox was greatly influenced by the church reformer George Wishart who was burned for heresy in 1546. A year after George Wishart’s death John Knox became the spokesman for the Reformation in Scotland. John Knox did a lot during his time career wise.
He was a Scottish minister, theologian, and a writer. He was considered the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Knox was a priest and notary. In 1540 he tutored two sons of Hugh Douglas with his teachings of the Reformation. Knox was also the bodyguard of George Wishart, a man who was burned alive and greatly influenced him. John Knox was in England for a period of time and during that time he re-established Roman Catholicism. He led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland and preached at many churches. Some churches he preached at are St. Nicholas’s Church in Newcastle and St. Andrews. John Knox mostly preached Protestant doctrines as his congregation grew. Knox retired to St. Andrews where he stayed for for fifteen months and also where he continued to write and preach. When the news of the St. Bartholomew massacre reached Scotland, John Knox came out of his pulpit. On November 9th he took part in introduction services of his friend Mr. Lawson, fifteen days after he did this John Knox died in his home on November 24,
1572. John Knox was very important to our society and if he did not exist things would be very different. If he did not exist the Reformation of Scotland would have never happened. Knox was one of the most important preachers and leaders. The Reformation strengthened theology (the study of nature of God and religious beliefs). If we did not have the Reformation go as it did Scotland may have never broken up with the papacy (pope) and never developed a reformed tradition. If the Reformation never happened Mary of Guise would have never been ousted. The Reformation changed Scottish society because there was a desire to plant a school in every reform school. The Reformation also had a huge impact on architecture and music. The reformers probably would have had a hard time being “heard” without John Knox who was one of the strongest speakers. “I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign”. This is a famous quote made by John Knox. John Knox unfortunately passed away on Monday, November 24, 1572, the cause of death is unsure. Knox died with a very big list of achievements. He had a good childhood and got the education necessary for him to do what he wanted to do. He was a minister, theologian, and a writer. He also played a big role of the reformation because he was a good speaker and knew what he was talking about. The world would be different if he did not exist in many ways. In the words of John Knox, “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God”.
John Craig (1512-1600) was a Dominican Friar who was accused of heresy. An admirer of John Calvin and a friend of the Reformer John Knox, he became Minister of Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. His son, also John Craig, was physician to both James VI and Charles I. James Craig (c.1740-1795) submitted the winning plan for the New Town of Edinburgh at the age of twenty
Martin Luther is known to be a key initiator to the Protestant Reformation, although he had no intention of doing so. He was going to become a monk, so he read deeply into scriptures, but this only led him to discover inconsistencies between traditions and the Bible. These inconsistencies lead him to demand changes in the Catholic Church; however that did not include
Martin Luther inspired another thinker of the time that questioned the Church’s beliefs. That man was John Calvin. The Catholic belief during the Renaissance and Reformation was that one’s good deeds hel...
The Reformation occurred all over Western Europe. It was mostly set in Germany where various parts of corruption in the Church happened. Martin Luther started the process of the Reformation, he was German so he understood how the Catholic Church took advantage and didn't think this was fair. The Catholic Reformation took place between 1450-1650 which was the biggest revolution in Germany, although the understanding of Luther's actions weren't taken notice of until he put the 95 Theses on the Church's door. Luther felt that Bishops and Priests didn't understand the bible correctly. Luther wanted the Reformation to help fix this by helping the uneducated and powerless. Some of the movement of this was
The Protestant Reformation was a period of time (1500-1700) where there became a change in Western Christendom. This reformation was caused by the resentment from the people because the Catholic Church abusing their powers for political and economic advances. In this time the church was selling pardons for sin and indulgences to forgive sins, decrease days spent in purgatory and save the dead from damnation. The reformation was when people became more aware with the back hand dealings with the church and men like Martin Luther and John Calvin created their own churches to what they believed was not corrupt unlike the church. Unfortunately there many consequences as far at the Roman Catholic church attempting to bring people back to the church,
...17 “Martin Luther” confronted the Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences. He placed notices on church doors exposing the corrupted practices. He lived believed good works alone could not earn salvation. The Reformation spread throughout northern Europe. The Catholic Church had no choice but to respond to the Protestant Reformation and they did so in the late 1530s through Spanish reformer “Loyola.” He formed a new religion order, he was the founder of the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, and they became the strength of the Catholic Church. This was known as the Counter Reformation.
Born in Germany, in 1483, Martin Luther went on to become one of western history’s most significant figure. Luther spent his early life as a priest and a lawyer. He was also the professor of theology. Considering his background it was a total surprise that Luther protested and criticized the catholic church. Even more surprising since he was a priest. However, Martin Luther didn’t want to destroy the church after all he was a priest. He just wanted to reform some of the church’s perceived abuses. There are different reasons that sparked Martin Luther’s protestant reformation, namely. 1) salvation or getting to heaven, was won by faith alone, 2) the selling of indulgences, 3) the bible
The Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. It was important because it divided the continent between catholics and protestants. New ideas were introduced and was the subject of tension between catholics and protestant for the next centuries. On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted on the door of the castle church at Wittenberg his 95 theses, inviting debate on matters of practice and doctrine. Luther's action was not as yet a revolt against the church but a movement for reform within. It was, however, much more than an objection to the money-grabbing and secular policies of the
The reformation is generally associated with the publication of Martin Luther ninety five theses. It was his way to show the protest against the “business” made on religious people: the Holy Roman Empire was earning money on selling people indulgences. Martin Luther got the support of German princes, who were on the same side, but with different motives (they wanted to get autonomy). Luther was the great part of reformation, his influence was immediate, and people listened to him. One of the immediate effects of reformation can be observed in the development of that times writers. For example, Francois Rabelais satirized church, writing about their “business” in humorous way. The other writers, like Erasmus wrote more specifically about the pappy and their role in the lives of ordinary Christians. The major short term of reformation was about the informational acknowledgement, Luther told people the truth about the papacy and their actions, and the reaction of people was immediate: the loss of respect to church, papacy. These results were really strong, because people felt that, all the dogmas...
All of Europe used to be united under one religion, Catholicism. Europe started inching away from Catholicism during the 13th - 15th centuries. The church leaders started to only think about money and the power they held, instead of the real reason they were supposed to be there, God. This caused an uprising of people who no longer wanted to be a part of the Catholic church, nicknamed Protestants because they protested the ways of the catholic church. The Protestant Reformation was caused by corruption in the church, Martin Luther and John Calvin’s ideas, and the clergy and their preachings.
with his 95 Theses. A strict father who most likely did not accept “no” as an
The Reformation was a decisive period in the history not only for the Catholic Church, but also for the entire world. The causes of this tumultuous point in history did not burst on the scene all at once, but slowly gained momentum like a boil that slowly festers through time before it finally bursts open. The Reformation of the Church was inevitable because of the abuses which the Church was suffering during this period. At the time of the Reformation, a segment of the Church had drifted away from its mission to bring Christ and salvation to the world. Throughout the Middle Ages, the Church had gradually become weaker because of abusive leadership, philosophical heresy, and a renewal of a form of the Pelagian heresy.
...s did not have to be run by a religious leader or Monarchist and that a person’s life did not have to be centered on religion or the afterlife. If it were not for the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the world we live in now would be a much different place. The Protestant Reformation was a major building block of history, and some would say our country.
Martin Luther a German theologian and religious reformer was the founding figure of the protestant reformation, the break from the Catholic Church, which in many ways marks the beginning of modern Europe. A well-expressed preacher and huge writer, Luther attacked many abuses of the Catholic Church, especially the papacy. The source of his spiritual revelation was not political or institutional but came from his inner fight of conscience. Like other people of his day, Luther was horrified that god would in the end reject him for his sins. He found a word in the bible called “Law” which increased his terror, but he also discovered a word god called “Gospel,” the good news and promise of mercy in Christ, which shed all of his worries. By his words and actions, Luther caused an action that reformulated certain rudimentary Christian belief and the division of Western Church between Roman Catholics and the Protestant traditions. He is one of the most influential person in the history of Christianity.
Although saying this, the Reformation was not just on a Protestant level, it spread and soon became, not just a popular topic for discussion, but a wide-ranged divided religious change that affected every inch of society. This meant that people wanted their own version of change and reform, this lead to a variety of different reforms within this movement. The main bodies that evo... ... middle of paper ... ... the Reformation was ont really just a good thing, I think that it went a bit over the top with the violence, and the destruction of religious imagery by Puritans.