CAS HI 214 Lecture 7: Piracy 7.docx

• School: Boston University
• Department: History
• Course: CAS HI 214
• Professor: Clifford Backman

Document Summary

Wars of religion: first wars in which main weaponry is gunpowder (amount of damage + deaths devastating) No one knows how to resolve differences + lots of competition between countries. Martin luther (1517) tried to reform catholic church (corruption in church), gives up and makes a separate church, the lutheran church; believed that no one deserved salvation (no one is good enough to spend eternity in god"s presence) Growing up, he hated god because god put us in a game where we could not win and we were all condemned to hell. Began teaching as a theology professor at vitenburg; one semester, teach. Paul"s letter to the romans ( the faithful were justified by their faith ) salvation is a gift that. God gives us even though we don"t deserve it; no need for middle man (church is unnecessary, an impediment), relationship between individual and god (large implications) Luther believed he was rediscovering the pure original christianity before the.