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Topic: Efforts at reformation

	BACKGROUNDS OF THE REFORMATION
		The reformation affected political institutions, particularly Calvinism with its emphasis on vocation and the separation of Church and State.
		Human creeds may be reformed and re-reformed, and be erroneous still, like their authors; but the inspired creeds needs no reformation, being like its author, infallible.
		The clergy, too, may be reformed from papistical opinions, grimaces, tricks, and dresses, to protestant opinions and ceremonies; protestant clergy may be reformed from protestant to presbyterial metaphysics and forms; and presbyterian clergy may be reformed to independency, and yet the Pope remain in their heart.
	www.christianchronicler.com /history1/backgrounds_of_the_reformation.htm (1054 words)

	Protestant Reformation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reformers in the Church of England alternated, for centuries, between sympathies for catholic traditions and Protestantism, progressively forging a stable compromise between adherence to ancient tradition and Protestantism, which is now sometimes called the via media.
		The frustrated reformism of the humanists, ushered in by the Renaissance, contributed to a growing impatience among reformers.
		The major individualistic reform movements that revolted against medieval scholasticism and the institutions that underpinned it were: humanism, devotionalism, and the observatine tradition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Protestant_Reformation (4329 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Reformation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Reformation REFORMATION [Reformation] religious revolution that took place in Western Europe in the 16th cent.
		Oecolampadius, Johannes OECOLAMPADIUS, JOHANNES [Oecolampadius, Johannes], 1482-1531, German Protestant reformer, associate of Huldreich Zwingli in the Reformation in Switzerland.
		Trent, Council of TRENT, COUNCIL OF [Trent, Council of] 1545-47, 1551-52, 1562-63, 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked to meet the crisis of the Protestant Reformation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/10856.html (428 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Reformation
		Notwithstanding the persecution of the Reformers, a Lutheran school was started at Hermannstadt, and the nobility endeavoured to use the Reformation as a means of confiscating the property of the clergy.
		By the zealous inauguration of true ecclesiastical reform, the diligent activity of the papal legates and able bishops, and the labours of the Jesuits, further progress of the Reformation was prevented.
		The Reformation destroyed the unity of faith and ecclesiastical organization of the Christian peoples of Europe, cut many millions off from the true Catholic Church, and robbed them of the greatest portion of the salutary means for the cultivation and maintenance of the supernatural life.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12700b.htm (10509 words)

	BOOK - STRUGGLES OF THE REFORMATION. CHAPTER - EFFORTS IN THE PAYS DE VAUD.
		And at Geneva, it was because the huguenots had to contend perpetually against a mean despotism in the state, and an incorrigible corruption in the Church, that their souls groaned after liberty and a better religion.
		All the reformers have been men of strength; but while Luther and Calvin have particularly contended for the principles and doctrine of the Reformation, others, like Knox and Farel, applying themselves to the practice, have specially undertaken to win certain countries or cities to the gospel.
		His brother, John Hollard, the late dean of Friburg, had embraced the Reformation and married; Christopher, fancying the monk was reflecting on his brother, had hastened to protest, rather coarsely, it must be acknowledged, but with the frankness of an honest heart, which sees the commandment of God blasphemed.
	www.godrules.net /library/calvin/76calvin_c21.htm (3197 words)

	Free Essay Protestant and Catholic Reformation
		Between 1215 and 1545, nine church-councils were held with church reforms as their primary intent, yet the councils all failed to reach significant accord.
		Giberti aimed his efforts at reforming his diocese, whose clergy was in a deplorable state.
		Eventually his efforts at reform were crowned successful and he was beckoned by Pope Paul III to serve and make preparations for the Council of Trent.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php?t=27585 (1745 words)

	Kaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Protestant reformers.He was a nobleman from Liegnitz, he was one of the earliest promoters of the Reformation in Silesia.
		In 1518 or 1519, he experienced an awakening that he called a "visitation of God." Martin Luther's writings had a deep influence on Schwenkfeld, and he embraced the "Lutheran" Reformation and became a student of the Scriptures.
		He took strong efforts toward reformation wherever he went, but also criticized reformers that he thought went to extremes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaspar_Schwenkfeld_von_Ossig (738 words)

	Reformation and Catholic Switzerland
		Switzerland is often overlooked when religious and academic groups seek to explore the heritage of institutions and thought that developed during the Reformation of the 16th century.
		As the crossroads of Europe, Switzerland was the place where many different strands of thought about reforming Christianity and civic institutions were experimented with, giving birth to a rich culture that continues to flourish on political, economic, religious and artistic levels.
		Travel to towns where great thinkers of the Reformation were active not only in calling for reform of the Church but also seeking to create civic institutions and practices that would foster cities with moral fiber and democratic participation.
	travelillume.com /programs/reformation_and_catholic_switzerland.html (490 words)

	Reformation
		The Reformation of the 16th century was a movement within Western Christendom to purge the church of medieval abuses and to restore the doctrines and practices that the reformers believed conformed with the Bible and the New Testament model of the church.
		The reformer's three famous treatises of 1520, An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian, also won him powerful popular support.
		Finally, the Reformation introduced much radical change in thought and in ecclesiastical and political organization and thus began many of the trends that are taken to characterize the modern world.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/reformat.htm (1609 words)

	"Ecclesiola in Ecclesia" by D.M. Lloyd-Jones
		It is in a sense a kind of postscript, or critique of the approaches to reformation which we have been considering, and may, therefore, legitimately come under the general heading, although in and of itself it cannot properly be defined as ‘an approach’ to reformation.
		The argument seems to be that if the attempt to reform the whole church fails, well then, all you can do, and the thing that you should do, is to form this nucleus within the church which you trust will permeate the life of the whole and eventually reform it.
		The Reformers began with the situation as they found it, and as we have been reminded several times in the conference, their policy was to reform it.
	www.the-highway.com /ecclesia_Lloyd-Jones.html (8354 words)

	The Reformation
		It was not the desire of the intellectual reformers to challenge civil authority, but it was a consequence.
		Theresa reformed the Carmelites and spread contemplation at the same time that her countryman Loyola was spreading orthodoxy by whatever means necessary.
		Regional context varies and the popularity or lack thereof of the reformed religion needs to be weighed against local conditions, but for the most part, Huguenot artisans were working in trades that their fathers never knew.
	www.lepg.org /religion.htm (3723 words)

	Reformation - Christian Reformed Church
		Reformed Christians are a small part of a much larger body of believers who love and serve Jesus Christ.
		As a result, Reformed believers have invested a lot of their energy and resources in Christian education (Christian day schools, colleges, and seminaries), Christ-centered political/social action, and parachurch ministries to those in need.
		Reformed teaching was introduced to Scotland by John Knox, who was initially influenced by the Lutheran stream of the Reformation.
	www.crcna.org /pages/reformation.cfm (2167 words)

	Developing a Reformation Mindset
		Without a reformation mindset like Paul's, it is virtually impossible for a pastor committed to this kind of ministry to stay the course; the opposition is too strong, the heartaches are too deep and, often, the progress is too slow.
		A second key dimension in Paul's reformation mindset was the proper assessment of his opponents.
		It must be a sign that reformed preachers are rendering acceptable service when they are resented and resisted by the carnal in their congregation.
	www.founders.org /FJ16/editorial.html (2669 words)

	About Celestial City
		This was a contrast to the hopeless condemnation he felt, despite his efforts of reformation, under the Law of God.
		Despite her noble efforts, which included a trip to Parliament, Bunyan was imprisoned for 12 years.
		It was as if all the conflicting desires within his soul, the swirling ideals and memories in his mind, and the genuine faith found in his heart were projected outwards in the form of an allegorical journey to heaven full of characters of every type, titled “The Pilgrim’s Progress”.
	www.newlifefinearts.org /CC/AboutCC.htm (2275 words)

	Reformation Lutheran Refocus - Newsletter for March 2000
		The ministry team of Reformation is offering a grief sharing group to be present for the needs of those in our congregation who are experiencing the deep sorrow due to a significant loss.
		Reformation's middle school youth and their friends and families will be going to Camp Tomah Shinga, a Lutheran Camp located near Junction City, Kansas, March 4-5.
		Through the efforts of ELCA congregations in much of central and western Kansas, television advertisements on the major networks will air for two weeks prior to Easter and then again for two weeks in August.
	www.reformation-lutheran.org /refocus/2000-03.html (3061 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Talking about the efforts being made by the government for the promotion of education, he said, almost 25% of the total budget goes to this sector wherein the primary sector especially the female education are receiving top most priority.
		Beside this, he said, we have also started efforts to establish endowment funds with the assistance of both the Federal Government and the donors not only to strengthen the existing educational institutions but also to launch new projects for the promotion of quality education.
		He, however, said despite the fact that a lot of time and resources would be required to remove the deficiencies occurred during past 50 years in this sector yet we have made a major breakthrough by launching efforts for reformation and modernization of the exiting health institutions during the last one year.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/08/08.html (482 words)

	Scientology's criminal conspiracy of religious persecution-- the debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		I have witnessed Gerry Armstrong a key religious reformer of Scientology having to flee the US because of Scientology's continual harassment of his religious reformation efforts.
		I have seen the religious reformer of Scientology Enid Vein driven to the edge of bankruptcy by using the US court system to silence her religious dissent and reformation efforts.
		I am familiar with raids Scientology has made on Former members homes to silence their religious dissent and religious reformation efforts, Dennis Erlich, Bob Penny Arnie Lerma etc. One little spoken of raid was the first in LA, on a man named (I believe) Bostrum.
	www.factnet.org /Scientology/persdebate.htm (1213 words)

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		The Catholic church had become a monstrosity of tradition and superstition (see article 3), and had thwarted the efforts of reformation from within the institution.
		It is important to note that the desire of these men was to reform the Catholic church.
		Though they achieved some success in their reforms, they did not restore the doctrine, work and worship of the church as God established it in antiquity.
	home.onemain.com /~tedwards2/go/go020602.txt (1753 words)

	200 Level Courses (Historical Theology)
		Lutheran Reformation; emergence of Calvinism; radical reform efforts; English Reformation; Counter-Reformation; legacy of the Reformation Era.
		Particular attention is given to Roman Catholic, Reformed, Anglican and Lutheran churches and their relation to the modern state, the new science, rationalism, liberalism (religious, political, economic), pietism and evangelicalism, ecumenism, and Vatican II.
		Major concentration will be placed on the unique mission phenomena of the Reformation Era, formation of organized Lutheran mission outreach in the 19th century, and the beginning stages of mission in the Missouri Synod.
	www.ctsfw.edu /academics/historical/course-prior200.php (726 words)

	Not Fit to Live - Not Fit to Die
		The Presbyterian Church of England began with the merger of the United Presbyterian Church and various English and Scottish Presbyterian congregations in 1876.
		It ended in 1972 with the merger between the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Union of England and Wales to form the United Reformed Church.
		It is the combination of the Reformed doctrinal emphasis and the Methodist ethos that gave Welsh Presbyterianism its distinctive character to the end of the 19th century.
	www.epcew.org.uk /art/harris.html (2588 words)

	Story of the Church - English and Scottish Reformation
		By the Act of Supremacy in 1559, Elizabeth repealed Mary's efforts to reestablish Roman Catholicism.
		The Scotch-Irish who settled Northern Ireland were fiercely Protestant as a result of their Reformation heritage, and they became an important part of the American immigration.
		Mary was executed in 1587 in England after having been convicted of conspiring against Elizabeth I. More than in other countries, through his efforts the Reformation in Scotland was truly the rising of the commoner.
	www.ritchies.net /p4wk6.htm (2847 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Reformation, Catholic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Roman Catholic Church ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH [Roman Catholic Church] Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint).
		In speaking of the time before the Reformation in Western Europe, Catholic is
		Penal Laws PENAL LAWS [Penal Laws] in English and Irish history, term generally applied to the body of discriminatory and oppressive legislation directed chiefly against Roman Catholics but also against Protestant nonconformists.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/10857.html (450 words)

	Prisoners get spiritual touch - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Organised by the Department of Prisons, as part of its efforts towards reformation and rehabilitation, the programme also aimed at spiritual and emotional counselling of the prisons.
		Sant Singhji Maskin, a religious preacher from Punjab and his troupe presented kirtan and delivered a religious discourse, which was followed by satsang and a speech by Art of Living founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
		With little efforts, all three can be imbibed into the jail environment, he added.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec142004/c1.asp (381 words)

	Blue 88 \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		I was reading through the Plain Dealer today, and ran across a story about how state Republicans are introducing a law to mandate that any illegal immigrant arrested or pulled over in Ohio would immediately be deported.
		The Reform Ohio Now amendments (Issues 2, 3, 4 and 5) are a good start, and I wish more Democratic officeholders would be more vocal about their support of these amendments.
		Yesterday, Rev. Rod Parsley launched his "Reformation Ohio" project from the steps of our statehouse to more than 1,000 followers.
	www.blue88.com /node?from=60&PHPSESSID=184ff4619e92814ad37bc1fe1fe88af1 (1187 words)

	Reformation Freedom John 8:31-36 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		What fueled the fires of controversy was that the church hierarchy was hearing rumors that Luther had called church authority into question and had exposed the greed that was behind some of Rome's decisions.
		Later in the Reformation during his visits to parishes Luther would tell of priests turned pastors who didn't even know the words to the Lord's Prayer.
		The Lutheran Reformation spread like wildfire through a dry and dreary church that had lost the knowledge of and joy of its salvation.
	www.shout.net /~stjohn/sermons/011028.html (2531 words)

	Niagara's Declaration of Principles, 1905
		We favor well-equipped trade and technical schools for the training of artisans, and the need of adequate and liberal endowment for a few institutions of higher education must be patent to sincere well-wishers of the race.
		Courts: We demand upright judges in courts, juries selected without discrimination on account of color and the same measure of punishment and the same efforts at reformation for fl as for white offenders.
		Through helplessness we may submit, but the voice of protest of ten million Americans must never cease to assail the ears of their fellows, so long as America is unjust.
	www.yale.edu /glc/archive/1152.htm (843 words)

	Italy - Juan Valdés - Italian Reformation Resources
		The Reformation in Italy by Philip Schaff, from The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.
		The Reformation in the Italian Valleys of the Grisons.
		Thanks to the presence of Renata di Francia, daughter of France's Louis 12th, and wife of Duke Ercole II, the city of Ferrara, became one of the most important centers of the Protestant Reformation in Italy.
	www.eldrbarry.net /heidel/valdez.htm (397 words)

	josiette's blog \| Blue 88 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		It is time for us to pick up the torch and carry on the battle.
		As we face corruption in this state and efforts by Reformation Ohio, we must not give up, turn our backs, or hope that “someone else will do it.” It is time to take a stand in Ohio.
		Reform Ohio Now has completed an important phase in moving Ohio toward more fair elections.
	www.blue88.com /blog/7 (467 words)

	NESARA INDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Our India is a sacred land of sages, gods, scents, reformers - those since ancient times have shown the world the light of humanity and strived for human enlightenment.
		The freedom is needed – freedom from corruption, freedom from selfish plights of nations like wars that traumatize common man’s life, freedom from worrying about the basics of survival – we have the means to bring this freedom NOW!
		The humanity is here to stay and achieve enlightenment as long as there are enough pure human hearts wishing and putting efforts for reformation.
	www.nesaraindia.com (381 words)

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