Thursday, October 21, 2010

Document A---how do we make meaning of it?

14 comments:

Aminah said...

Context- What was Martin Luther's role in the sixteenth century Reformation, how is this document reflective of his background and views?

Anonymous said...

Author: Martin Luther

This source may be understood as the stressors for Martin Luther, why he posted the 95 Theses on the doors of the Cathedral. He reminisces almost as if all these led up to his "breaking point."

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Taylor said...

For document A, we should be concerned with who the audience is, in other words, who the speaker is directing their message too.

Haley said...

-Luther is creating his '95 Theses' and is disheveled with the Catholic Church
-Luther doubts his salvation and therefor re-evaluates his religious ideals
-Luther comes to the conclusion that to "remedy", he must re-establish his beliefs
-CONTEXT= religious ideas, time frame, job (monk)

Anonymous said...

It is important to realize that this is from Martin Luther's point of view. With that said, we need to think about the context of Luther in the Reformation, and his struggles with the corrupt Catholicism.

CooperM6 said...

Seems to be Luther talking about how he felt while a part of the Catholic Church, denotes the oft-joked about notion of guilt being a major facet of Catholicism as a more real thing. Shows that as a Catholic, he always felt lesser, not good enough, like he had problems that went unresolved. He found he couldn't reconcile the traditions and values of the Catholic Church and its rules and customs with his own conscience and thoughts on what Christianity should be like.

Anonymous said...

Document A illustrates that Martin Luther was not intending to start a religious revolution. He was, however, a Catholic monk who felt uncomfortable within the church. He believed in reform, but did not intend to overthrow the church in the beginning.

Anonymous said...

in the sixteenth century martin luther is just beginning to question his faith (christianity). in Document A he begins to question the conscience of man. Conscience means: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions. he is trying look at his faith in a new view so that he can try to fix what he thinks is wrong with his faith

seltzizzle said...

Luther, as the primary engineer of the protestant reformation, is portrayed in a pious way-during his days as a monk. Within these, the seeds of doubt were sown, and Luther began to question the integrity of the church and the righteousness of the established clergy "...Each day i found it more uncertain, weaker, more troubled".

Anonymous said...

It is important to analyze the point of view of this document. While this document can be used to help explain the context of Luther in the Reformation in regards to religious tension, we should ask why was Luther saying this? what was his reasoning and who was he saying this to?

Anonymous said...

This shows how Martin Luther began to raise questions about the practices and rituals of Catholicism, and could be used to demonstrate how Luther was very doubtful of it all - he was unsure of the spiritual aspects of it.

Anonymous said...

This document is a quote from Martin Luther, the religious revolutionary that set off the Protestant Reformation. This document references Luther's days as a monk in the early 1500s. This quote outlines Luther's frustration with the Church. Luther seemed to feel constantly troubled in these early years a monk, unable to feel comfortable with how God views him.

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jakarl1 said...

In order to understand this document, we must look at the author(Martin Luther) and the the context in which he said this in.