PSYB30H3 Chapter 9: DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND TASKS
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Martin luther was living out a rather conventional life story of the good monk devoted to the catholic church and properly respectful of the authority of the roman pope. He struggled daily with the devil, seeing him, fleeing him, fighting him, debating him, hating him, fearing him as a real person with superhuman power. He cast his enemies in the guise of the devil, responding to them in the same way he daily responded to the old evil foe. He believed men and women encounter god in the here and now- personally, rather than through the institutions of the church- through gods son jesus; men and women need only accept jesus- have faith that. Jesus is the son of god in order to be redeemed: this religious insight consolidated his new identity. In terms of social-cognitive adaptations, he had a relatively simply construct system that was dominated by the bipolarity of god vs. the devil.
