The Holy Spirit had begun to work in my heart. ... After I surrendered my heart to Jesus and accepted and acknowledged him as my savior my entire life changed, and I received the holy spirit into my life. ... The holy spirit began communicating with the spirit in an amazing way. ... If you seek the power of the Holy Spirit and his presence amazing things will happen. ... The only way to follow Jesus and obtain eternal life in him is to communicate with God through the Holy Spirit, the person of the Holy Spirit is the only that is able to reveal Jesus and God into your life. ...

• Word Count: 3418
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

For Luther, the Holy Eucharist of Lord's supper was really a symbolic act rather than an actual instance of transubstantiation in which the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ. ... Because the principal sacrament of the Roman Catholic Church is the Holy Eucharist of Holy Communion, the fact that Luther was tampering with it could not help but be looked upon by the Roman clergy with great dismay. ... Consequently, Luther's teachings on the sacraments took away the power of the priests and the special nature of the Holy Eucharist. ...

• Word Count: 2769
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

In the first half of the 16th century, Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic and geographically political changes that created conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. ... "...the five Vicars of Christ who ruled the Holy See during Magellan's lifetime [1480-1521] were the least Christian of men; the least devout, least scrupulous, least compassionate, and among the least chaste - lechers, almost without exception. Ruthless in their pursuit of political power and personal gain, they were medieval despots who used their holy office for blackmail and extortion" (Macke...

• Word Count: 2755
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate