Erasmus And The Protestant Reformation Analysis

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In a scrambled chicken-scratch, I hold the key to fifteen pages of notes not written in MLA format. These notes assemble every exclamation or every long awaited answer in a class of three hours and forty-five minutes, yet they are not the genuine substance of Western Civilization from the 16th century and beyond. Mixed in between the abrupt death of Ulrich Zwingli and the French Revolution, the course work contains one lesson: In history and in life, for every cause there is an effect. Calvinism was a cause that contributed to the Protestant Reformation’s effect on Western Europe. Galileo Galilei utilizes calculus for his exploration of what is behind his optic lens and it stirs the Scientific Revolution beyond what anyone could. For every …show more content…
A humanist, one of three beliefs outside of Christianity and Catholicism, believes in the idea of all being entitled to an education and equality of the women and men whilst criticizing from within the church. Erasmus criticizes the Catholic Church for their corruption within the sale of indulgences (paying for salvation) and a Latin bible in a world of non-Latin speakers. Of course, the Pope did not appreciate Erasmus’ comments and as Erasmus was a Priest… he passed an edict to silence him. From the first day, students understand with an act there is a reaction because when Erasmus is silenced he writes the The Praise of Folly which influences Martin Luther in Germany, Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, Menno Simons, and so many others to create the Protestant Reformation. From their work, King Henry the VIII (Mr. Tudor) realizes he can divorce his wife, Catherine Aragon of Spain if he converts to a Protestant religion. Instead of converting to Lutheranism or Calvinism, he creates his very own - Anglican religion, where he creates and heads the Church of …show more content…
Speaking of an actual chemical reaction, this class discussed not only Ptolemy, but what came after their conclusions. Challenged by Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton - Ptolemy was vinegar until they added salt. Copernicus brought the world down to perspective in, “Earth is just another Planet” and no one appreciated it so Tycho Brahe researches to not only prove him right, but have Johannes Kepler share his evidence of Copernicus’ consensus. Galileo Galilei jumps in the game a bit later when he wants to see the planets for what they are: Planets. After researching through Ptolemy’s telescope, and previous works, he gets to question the Catholic Church just like Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler did. This class delves into Sir Isaac Newton creating something no one could understand, but with all their work combined they unleashed the largest and most influential Scientific Revolution in history. This paragraph has not included Galen or William Harvey and Andreas Vesalius, who were all impacted by the cause of those mentioned previously (Except for Galen who was within the 4th Century and influenced everyone else because his research was quite unjustified). We went through the Catholic Church’s love for Aristotle and the interest they garnered in Sir Francis Bacon, Renee Descartes in inductive and deductive reasoning. This class analyzed the People of Letters, the philosophers, during
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