CGS SS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Protestantism, Twelve Articles, Absolution
6 Apr 2016
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Touched shared religious beliefs touched everyone (shared christian heritage) Technique of printing images by cutting into a block of wood. Message and medium: anti-authoritarian; power of pope illegitimate, woodcut used in printing press to be largely distributed to greater number of people and illiterates. Challenge to religious authority out of disputes about official religious teaching of. For catholics: found in holy scripture and historical teachings/traditions. For protestants: saw only in scripture/bible: how can i be saved? (how can i go to heaven?) For catholics: through faith in christ and good works. For protestants: salvation by faith alone (sola fides: background: christian humanism, desiderius erasmus, and the search for an authentic. Application of humanist learning to study of religious texts. Reform society by purifying christian belief and practices of christian church: wanted to correct corruption/abuses from original christianity. Find the true message roots: martin luther and the indulgence controversy. An indulgence is a remission of penance (or punishment) for one"s sins.
