... an act. The privilege of the forum states that a cleric cannot be summoned before a lay court to be tried before a lay judge (Strayer Vol 3 445). Often times a cleric tried before ecclesiastical courts would get special treatment because of relationships with those trying the case. Those ruling in lay courts did not appreciate the leniency sometimes practiced in ... ecclesiastical courts. The privilege of exemption or personal immunity stated that clerics were exempt from offices incompatible with their station (Strayer Vol 3 445). This included obligatory labor, billeting troops on the...

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This essay is concerned with Martin Luther (1483-1546), and his concept of Christianity. Luther began his ecclesiastical career as an Augustinian Monk in the Roman Catholic Church. Consequently, Luther was initially loyal to the papacy, and even after many theological conflicts, he attempted to bring about his ... denounced the character indelebilis as a human fiction" (Tillich 236-237). For Luther to take this position required considerable courage on his part due to the fact he was facing an ecclesiastical force of great strength and authority. Luther did what most kings would fear to do. ...

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... Spanish and Holy Roman lands. Calvinism was becoming increasingly popular in Holland and the Empire had even established a philosophy of cuius regio, eius religio, which allowed the ruler of each principality of the Empire to choose Lutheranism as the faith of those who he governed. Preoccupied with other affairs and not recognizing the future repercussions of his tolerance, Charles allowed such ... ...

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... younger son. Albert of Wallenstein was thus commissioned to create an army on his own private initiative. Wallenstein created a notorious force of professional fighters with the hope of creating a sizable principality for himself. Another political concern was that of the consolidation of central Europe under Habsburg control. This created an interest in the war for many countries. Countries such as Spain ... ...

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... , Thomas Crownell, Henry achieved to obtain the divorce and to select bishops and archbishops in England by himself alone. In addition, they provided that the final court of appeal in ecclesiastical cases were the court of the archbishop of Cantebury or the upper house of Convocation. Once the divorce was accomplished, Thomas Crownell advised Henry to take control over much of ... ...

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... in predestination, because God had the sort of power necessary to plan people's lives ahead of them. Calvinism also did not have a "priesthood of all believers". John Calvin created the Ecclesiastical Ordinances to establish an order of offices in his church. The pastors, teachers, elders and deacons were assigned respectively the tasks of preaching the Gospel, correctly instructing the faithful, maintaining ... ...

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... a real Church' book, which provides instructions for pastoral care in everyday life. Thus, the gap between Augustine's approach and Luther's is quite significant. Moreover, Luther's catechesis does not descend from ecclesiastical hierarchy to the laity. He intentionally moves toward a more communal use of the catechism, where personalities are unimportant and only the pure Word sets the agenda. As a result, Luther's catechetical ... ...

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... and blood of Christ, this was called transubstantiation. While Protestants were taught that communion was symbolic, not to be taken literally, he called this consubstantiation. "Every encounter Luther had with ecclesiastical or political authorities attracted attention. Pulpits and printing presses spread his message all over Germany. By the time of his death, people of all social classes had become Lutheran." "Luther ... ...

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... the epitome of the Machiavellian, self-made man, whose lawyerly mind and mastery of the techniques of parliament made possible the king's royal and religious supremacy. Most of parliamentary and ecclesiastical reforms that were initiated during the decade had the administrative mind of Cromwell behind them After barely ten years of committed service, Cromwell was disgraced and executed for treason. In ... ...

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... the Papacy came in 1532 when he caused legislation to be introduced in Parliament to end the payment of church taxes to Rome, and prevent appeals out of England in Ecclesiastical cases. This unsuccessful attempt to pressure the pope into granting an annulment was followed by the Act of Supremacy that made Henry 'supreme head, under Christ, of the Church of ... ...

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... situations. We are used to there being one main power structure in British society. In the Europe of 1500 there were two: the civil power represented by a Prince, and the ecclesiastical power wielded by the Church, led by the Pope in Rome. For most people, the most motivating force in their lives was the desire to be certain of salvation, and ... ...

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... "papal dispensation", which means the Pope allowed the marriage to happen (Reformation, pg. 1). Since Catherine could not produce any male offspring, King Henry VIII claimed the "papal dispensation" went against ecclesiastical law and that the marriage was therefore invalid (Reformation, pg. 1). However, the Pope said the marriage was legal and did not annul it. At the same time this was happening ... ...

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