The Influence Of The Roman Catholic Church

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2. The Roman Catholic church did its best to regulate the belief of Catholic Christians from the early church to the Reformation, labeling some beliefs orthodox and some heretical. Discuss at least two examples of instances before 1500 in which the church attempted to control belief and then discuss the career of Martin Luther. Why was Luther able to successfully break with the church when previous dissenters were not? Be sure to support your answer with evidence from our class sources.
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The Roman Catholic church tried to make Catholicism prevalent to all the people it could before the 1500’s. During this time the church labeled some of the beliefs to be orthodox and heretical. In reaction to this the Catholic Church decided to take action. This lead to The Roman Catholic Church was in full swing of destroying anyone who opposed its beliefs and norms. Among these Christian heretics was a Protestant Professor known as Martin Luther. These tie together well seeing how during this time period there were lots of grey lines between The Roman Catholic church and other religions who thought the Church was wrong. The Roman Catholic church wanted a lot of …show more content…

Also Martin was a member of the Eremites of St. Augustine and finished his schooling in 1505. Martin then went on to become a professor at the University of Wittenberg. Martin taught three subjects which were the Justification by Faith, Priesthood of the believer, and Scripture Alone. Martin was all for the Protestant reformation of the Catholic Church. Martin then wrote the 95 Thesis and tacked them to the door of the Church to show that he had questions for the Catholic Faith that should be debated. Martin then wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Mainz saying how he doesn’t want him to be scornful but to have mercy because Martin just wants answers to his questions for what he thought was the correct way of professing faith to Jesus

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