1.) Idealistic and spiritual motives were in fact at work. Doing penance for one's sins was a powerful spiritual factor. An especially powerful motive was the religious aura of Jerusalem, which had been a popular pilgrimage site for Christians. The popes of the Gregorian Reform delegated shedding blood to the laity. The Crusades were military expeditions launched against unbelieving Muslims and heretics.
2.) Pope Innocent III believed he could intervene in political affairs when moral or religious issues were involved. The church claimed competence in affairs that might seem personal but were inevitably public and political as well. One example is the centrality of personal oaths in feudal political relations. Another is marriage and reproduction: The church's power to determine marital legitimacy could affect dynastic successions and diplomacy, which was often …show more content…
The lords supper comes to mind, It was disagreement over this sacrament, and not baptism, that led to a breaking up among the Protestant Reformers. Though, baptism held the importance in Luther’s thought. Luther’s appreciation for baptism was tremendous and he meant what he said as affirmation by his practices. Luther further vary’s with the medieval Church in that baptism is able to overcome the unbelief and resistance to grace. The medieval Church taught that baptism was always successful except in cases where some type of obstacle is placed by the one being baptized. Luther says that baptism is so powerful and it has the ability to change the hearts of those who are “ungodly.” In baptism, one is made a Christian they are reborn, raised from the dead, brought into the Kingdom and given faith, embellished with holiness, righteousness, wisdom, united to Christ and forgiven from sin. Baptism is the place where the the joyous exchange between Christ and the sinner comes to the
2.) Pope Innocent III believed he could intervene in political affairs when moral or religious issues were involved. The church claimed competence in affairs that might seem personal but were inevitably public and political as well. One example is the centrality of personal oaths in feudal political relations. Another is marriage and reproduction: The church's power to determine marital legitimacy could affect dynastic successions and diplomacy, which was often …show more content…
The lords supper comes to mind, It was disagreement over this sacrament, and not baptism, that led to a breaking up among the Protestant Reformers. Though, baptism held the importance in Luther’s thought. Luther’s appreciation for baptism was tremendous and he meant what he said as affirmation by his practices. Luther further vary’s with the medieval Church in that baptism is able to overcome the unbelief and resistance to grace. The medieval Church taught that baptism was always successful except in cases where some type of obstacle is placed by the one being baptized. Luther says that baptism is so powerful and it has the ability to change the hearts of those who are “ungodly.” In baptism, one is made a Christian they are reborn, raised from the dead, brought into the Kingdom and given faith, embellished with holiness, righteousness, wisdom, united to Christ and forgiven from sin. Baptism is the place where the the joyous exchange between Christ and the sinner comes to the