Essays 31 - 60
this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....
chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...
of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...
Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...
Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...
New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...
1: The Call for Reformation Justo L. Gonzalez begins chapter 1 of his text on Christian history, The Reformation to the Present D...
Chapter 2: Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation Martin Luther Justo Gonzalez begins his discussion of Luther by describing ho...
Chapter 3: Luthers Theology The Word of God In this chapter, Gonzalez picks up Luthers story in 1521, which is when he appeared b...
5: Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation Zwinglis Pilgrimage Nationalism and humanism both contributed to the Lutheran reforma...
Chapter 6: The Anabaptist Movement The First Anabaptists In this chapter, Gonzalez addresses the criticisms that were leveled at ...
Chapter 7: John Calvin Gonzalez begins this chapter by identifying John Calvin, a theologian of the second generation after Luthe...
12: The Catholic Reformation The Reformation of Spanish Catholicism Gonzalez begins the chapter by pointing out that the needs fo...
8: The Reformation in Great Britain Henry VIII Gonzalez begins this chapter by describing the convoluted course of events that le...
Chapter 25: Political Horizons: The United States Gonzalez begins this chapter by briefly summarizing the sociopolitical atmosphe...
Chapter 35: Protestantism in the United States From World War I to the Great Depression 750 Gonzalez begins this chapter by point...
not a success. Methods of torture: Although it was infamous for it, the Spanish Inquisition didnt use torture very often, and whe...
Up until the Reformation, the Protestant Revolution of the sixteenth century, to contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church w...
(Hammond). Some fled to the southern Alps. John Wycliffe from England and John Hus from Bohemia have been called pre-reformers. ...
to the personal allegiances of the Royals further ignited chaos and persecution. The fact that the film Elizabeth highlights the ...
was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...
now look at the world as a before and after situation. Events that occurred to change the religious landscape may be thought of as...
teachings appealed to many who were of the working classes and objected to their ragged conditions (Belitto 274). In some way, Cal...
In four pages this paper considers spirituality during early Christian, Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation, and in the contempo...
Church and which was continued in the Counter Reformation period. In the century prior to the Protestant Reformation, there was ...
be felt and guide business in the country, this would mean facilitating this growth with investment as well as allowing the develo...
thinking and a new freedom. Perhaps this gave those who were inclined to change the impetus to do so. Many of the well known peopl...
feudal system. At the same time it also put the entire population of Westerners in a position where they truly questioned their fa...
Now, for the most part we see that the people believed that the powers of the Church were directly issued by God. They believed wh...
the old ways. During this time, it was determined that mankind was capable of being redeemed, that contrary to what the church sta...