1. What’s the word?
Guess the word.
1. E __ __ __ __ M __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ N: to cut off from
communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a
church by ecclesiastical sentence
4. R __ __ __ __ M __ __ __ __ N : to form again; an era of
reorganization and improvement
2. I__ __ __ L __ __ __ __ E : is the full or partial remission of
temporal punishment, due for sins which have already been
forgiven in the beliefs of Catholics
3. T __ __ __L __ __ Y : religion, doctrine
2. Martin Luther and the reformation
1483-1546
Presented by: Catherine L. Garay
3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Years prior to Luther’s rise, the Spanish American Conquest
expanded the Roman Catholic Church influence unto the “new
world”. Because of the great expenses of the Christianization of
the new land and at the same time, the construction of St.
Peter’s Basilica, the Church resorted to a new way of raising the
money: the selling of indulgences, documents that promised to
forgive all sins, even above confession in 1503-1510.
4. Martin Luther was born into Roman Catholicism in the small town of
Eisleben, Germany to parents who were middle-class peasant laborers.
His father, a miner, worked hard to ensure a proper education for his son,
and by age 21 Martin Luther held a Master of Arts degree from the
University of Erfurt. Following his father’s dream to become a lawyer, in
1505 Martin began to study law.
But later that year, while traveling through a terrible thunderstorm, Martin
had an experience that would change the course of his future. Fearing for
his life when a lightening strike narrowly missed him, Martin cried out a
vow to God. If he survived he promised to live as a monk.
And so he did! To the strong disappointment of his parents, Luther entered
the Augustinian Order at Erfurt in less than a month's time, becoming an
Augustinian friar.
BIOGRAPHY
5. RELIGIOUS AWAKENING
In 1510, at age 27, Luther was given the opportunity to be a delegate to a
Catholic church conference in Rome. He came away confused, and very
discouraged by the immorality and corruption he witnessed there among the
Catholic priests. Upon his return to Germany, he enrolled in the University of
Wittenberg in an attempt to suppress his spiritual turmoil. He excelled in his
studies and received a doctorate, becoming a professor of theology at the
university.
While studying Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, he read, “The just will live by faith.”
He dwelled on this statement for some time. Finally, he realized the key to
spiritual salvation was not to fear God or be enslaved by religious dogma but to
believe that faith alone would bring salvation. This period marked a major
change in his life and set in motion the Reformation.
6. • 1516- selling of indulgence in Germany
• 1517- Luther protested on the selling of indulgences
by nailing his famous 95-Thesis to the church door,
that challenged church leaders on the practice of
selling indulgences and outlining the biblical doctrine
of justification by grace alone.
• This act of nailing his Thesis to the church door has
become a defining moment in Christian history,
symbolic of the birth of the Protestant Reformation.
• 1521-Luther refused to renounce his statement and
was excommunicated by the pope.
START OF REFORMATION
7. IMPACTOF REFORMATION
ON OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Universal Education: Education is made available to all. The school saw the
importance of developing the potential of every child for the glory of God.
The Church and the Parents are Responsible for Education
The Goal of Child’s Education is both Theological and Applied and Includes Study of
Natural World.
Good Education Requires Gifted Christian Teachers
Education should Prepare Students to be Good Citizen of the Church and of the
State
