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:[[Martin Luther]] was an Augustinian [[monk]] in [[Germany]].  He was primarily angry about the selling of [[indulgences]] for money to build the new St. Peter’s Basilica, but he had some other related [[Doctrine|doctrinal]] disagreements with [[Catholicism]] as well, which prompted him to post his [[95 Theses]] to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517.  This is almost universally recognized as the catalyst for the [[Reformation]].

:[[Martin Luther]] was an Augustinian [[monk]] in [[Germany]].  He was primarily angry about the selling of [[indulgences]] for money to build the new St. Peter’s Basilica, but he had some other related [[Doctrine|doctrinal]] disagreements with [[Catholicism]] as well, which prompted him to post his [[95 Theses]] to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517.  This is almost universally recognized as the catalyst for the [[Reformation]].

That was the history: there is debate to this day over what Luther really did, as in, what he accomplished.  To [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] and almost all subsequent [[Protestants]], Luther once again introduced [[Christ]], not the [[Pope]] and his false and far-reaching authority, to the center of the Church.  To Catholics, Luther divided, not reformed, the Church by rejecting doctrines going back to the Early Church, and accomplished little except fracturing the once undivided Church of Christ into warring, and often partially erroneous sects.  (Addison)

:That was the history: there is debate to this day over what Luther really did, as in, what he accomplished.  To [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] and almost all subsequent [[Protestants]], Luther once again introduced [[Christ]], not the [[Pope]] and his false and far-reaching authority, to the center of the Church.  To Catholics, Luther divided, not reformed, the Church by rejecting doctrines going back to the Early Church, and accomplished little except fracturing the once undivided Church of Christ into warring, and often partially erroneous sects.  (Addison)

:One reason the Renaissance occurred in Europe was that [[Asia]] had not yet been Christianized, nor did it possess Hellenic culture.  There was not such a divide between old and new in Asia.  Another reason is that Asia was experiencing more conflict during the Renaissance, while Europe had experienced its major conflicts (especially the [[Crusades]], and earlier the fall of Rome) before the Renaissance- the fall of Rome set the stage for a much later cultural revival, and the Crusades ended [[feudalism]] and introduced Eastern culture, both of which led, in different degrees, to the Renaissance.

:One reason the Renaissance occurred in Europe was that [[Asia]] had not yet been Christianized, nor did it possess Hellenic culture.  There was not such a divide between old and new in Asia.  Another reason is that Asia was experiencing more conflict during the Renaissance, while Europe had experienced its major conflicts (especially the [[Crusades]], and earlier the fall of Rome) before the Renaissance- the fall of Rome set the stage for a much later cultural revival, and the Crusades ended [[feudalism]] and introduced Eastern culture, both of which led, in different degrees, to the Renaissance.

Europe had (chronologically)  great culture (Rome), rather depressed times along with the silent growth of Christianity (Middle Ages), conflict expanding the worldview and facilitating cultural borrowing and the revival of faith (Crusades), and finally the culmination of all of them (Renaissance).  Asia, on the other hand, had oscillating periods of conflict and peace, with cultural developments all the time, but never concentrated in one single period.  (Addison)

:Europe had (chronologically)  great culture (Rome), rather depressed times along with the silent growth of Christianity (Middle Ages), conflict expanding the worldview and facilitating cultural borrowing and the revival of faith (Crusades), and finally the culmination of all of them (Renaissance).  Asia, on the other hand, had oscillating periods of conflict and peace, with cultural developments all the time, but never concentrated in one single period.  (Addison)

7.  '''Current events''':  Who would you describe as "Machiavellian" today, and why?

7.  '''Current events''':  Who would you describe as "Machiavellian" today, and why?