... people needed to be educated to understand religion and faith, saying "the common people knowing nothing at all of Christian doctrine...and unfortunately many pastors are well-nigh unskilled and incapable of teaching." Martin Luther started a reformation of education. Luther believed that "When schools flourish, all flourishes." Luther being a key component and the spark that created the reformation of the Catholic Church ... to help develop education. One of Luther's first act as a reformer was the proposition to turn all monasteries into schools. He wrote a letter to the councilmen of...

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... the second was his education. Hans, Luther's father, made him study courses that pointed toward Luther becoming a lawyer. Luther went to a number of schools that his father had picked out for him. But out of all the schools his father had picked, he decided to go to the University of Erfurt to study philosophy. During his stay at the University of Erfurt ... Christ and not works. He also told them that they could gain salvation without relying on priests. Luther's refusal to recant his 95 theses, his teachings on the freedom of a Christian, and considering the Roman priests as hateful, ...

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... used his passion and intelligence to help transform a community's pain into a powerful moral force to change. In early 1957, King brought together nearly 100 black ministers to find the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS). The SCLS was called upon black people "to understand that nonviolence is not a symbol of weakness or cowardice, but as Jesus demonstrated, nonviolent resistance transforms weakness into ... High school was a task to end disintegration. While entering the school the nine children were harassed and humiliated. The tension was so heated that Governor Faubus k...

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... convents were closed down. When they closed down, that freed up some funding that was in turn spent on education. The old monasteries were turned into hospitals, churches and even schools. Ministers were now aloud to get married. Each man's own work had spiritual worth and dignity. There were positive and negative feed backs to these changes. A few positive outcomes were ... were some long-term consequences due to the reformation of the church. Some people didn't see it Luther way. An example of this are Baptists. There are 34 000 separate Christian groups in the world and half of these...

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