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GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA DID NOT HONOR THEIR VOW OF POVERTYSPENT CHURCH MONEY ON THEMSELVES. MARTIN LUTHER CHANGING LEADERSHIP DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE.
GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA DID NOT HONOR THEIR VOW OF POVERTYSPENT CHURCH MONEY ON THEMSELVES. MARTIN LUTHER CHANGING LEADERSHIP DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE.
GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA DID NOT HONOR THEIR VOW OF POVERTYSPENT CHURCH MONEY ON THEMSELVES. MARTIN LUTHER CHANGING LEADERSHIP DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE.
CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS THE MOST POWERFUL INSTITUTION IN EUROPE. CHURCH OFFICIALS BELIEVED THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS THE NATURAL LEADER IN ALL AREAS OF SOCIETYPOLITICAL, BUSINESS, AND OF COURSE RELIGIOUS. HOWEVER SOMETIMES PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY DO NOT BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY OR RESPONSIBLY. THIS WENT FOR THE CHURCH AS WELL. SOME CHURCH LEADERS DID THE FOLLOWING: TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR AUTHORITY TO GAIN POWER AND WEALTH PURCHASED THEIR TITLES DID NOT HONOR THEIR VOW OF POVERTY- SPENT CHURCH MONEY ON THEMSELVES
GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA WAS A
MONK SAVONAROLA WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO FIGHTING THE CORRUPTION HE SAW IN THE CHURCH. HE ACCUSED THE POPE OF CORRUPTION- BREAKING THE OATH OF OBEDIENCE THAT ALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY TAKE EVEN TODAY. UNDER SAVONAROLAS DIRECTION, THE CITIZENS OF FLORENCE BUILT A HUGE BONFIRE IN THEIR TOWN SQUARE AND BURNED ALL MATERIAL POSSESSIONS LIKE WIGS, MAKE UP, ART, BOOKS, AND FANCY CLOTHES. HE BELIEVED MATERIAL POSSESSIONS SERVED AS A
QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS
WHAT ARE SAVONAROLAS CRITICISMS OF THE CHURCH? WHAT ARE HIS CRITICISMS OF THE FLORENTINE CITIZENS? WHY DO YOU THINK SOME CHURCH OFFICIALS MAY HAVE WANTED TO SILENCE SAVONAROLA? GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CURRENT EVENT WHERE A PERSON OF AUTHORITY ABUSED THEIR POWER?
MARTIN LUTHER
SAVONAROLAS CRITICISMS DIDNT RESULT IN
ANY CHANGES IN THE CHURCH BUT 20 YEARS LATER MARTIN LUTHER TOOK MORE EFFECTIVE ACTION. INFLUENCED BY HUMANIST METHODS, HE CAREFULLY STUDIED THE BIBLE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE BIBLE, RATHER THAN THE CHURCH, SHOULD BE A CHRISTIANS TRUE SPIRITUAL GUIDE. LUTHER WAS UPSET BY THE WEALTH OF THE CHURCH AND HOW THEY OBTAINED IT. THE CHURCH MADE MONEY BY SELLING INDULGENCES- WHICH WERE CERTIFICATES THAT REDUCED THE TIME PEOPLE WOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR SINS AFTER DEATH. LUTHER NAILED HIS NINETY FIVE THESES ON A GERMAN CHURCH DOOR, CRITICIZING THE SALE OF INDULGENCES. IT WAS LATER PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT GERMANY. WHEN CALLED BEFORE THE EMPEROR, LIKE GALILEO WAS, LUTHER DID NOT BACK DOWN. THE POPE EXCOMMUNICATED LUTHER AND HE
THANKS TO THE PRINTING PRESS,
LUTHERS PROTESTANT THE PROTESTANT TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE REFORMATION REACHED AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF GERMANS. THEY FOLLOWED LUTHER AND BROKE AWAY FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A NEW CHURCH STARTED IN NORTHERN EUROPE- THE LUTHERAN CHURCH BEFORE LONG LUTHERS IDEAS SPREAD ALL ACROSS EUROPE AND MANY MORE BROKE AWAY CALLING THEMSELVES PROTESTANTS. THIS TIME BECAME KNOWN AS
THE CATHOLIC COUNTERREFORMATION
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LOST MUCH OF ITS AUTHORITY AND MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. POPE PAUL III CALLED A SERIES OF MEETINGS KNOWN AS THE COUNCIL OF TRENT, WHERE THEY EXAMINED CHURCH POLICIES. THIS MOVEMENT WAS KNOWN AS THE CATHOLIC COUNTER- REFORMATION. AS A RESULT OF THESE MEETINGS, CORRUPTION AMONG HIGH CLERGY WAS CLEANED UP AND PRIESTS WERE BETTER EDUCATED. NEW RELIGIOUS ORDERS, LIKE THE JESUITS, WERE ESTABLISHED THAT FOCUSED ON CONVERTING PEOPLE TO CATHOLICISM. THEIR FOCUS WAS BUILDING BACK UP THE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CANADA
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IS A VERY IMPORTANT VALUE IN CANADIAN SOCIETY. THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION IS GUARANTEED BY THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. HOWEVER SOME RELIGIOUS PRACTICES CAN CAUSE DEBATE AMONG CANADIANS. HTTP:// WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/POLITICS/NIQAB -RULING-FEDERAL-COURT-GOVERNME