Dylans Blog

Today we reviewed  the power point because some people were not in class during class yesterday. It was so much to go over and im gong to study a lot for this test because my grade cant go down a lot. Then we went to the slides that we didn't learn yet. We looked at how Luther was excommunicated but then eventually people started using his practices anyway. I thought this was intresting.

Today we took a lot more notes on the power point, i remember you talking about how you went to john carol's old principal and put the complaints on his door. I thought this was an interesting story and i feel like when ever we go off topic we learn a lot more then just taking notes on the powerpoint, I also thought it was very intresting how you almost became a preist.

I think that the united stated might be declining but not as much as Rome did. If the united states went through another great depression that would not be good, because the population of the united states has grown a lot this would mess up even more peoples lives. Romes decline was a lot worse and some people would say that the united states is just fine.

1.i nflation- drastic drop in the value of the economy/money   mercenary- foreign soldiers who f ought for money   D iocletian- strong willed army leader, became a new emperor   Constantinople- New capital   Attila- powerful chief of the Huns     3. Political, social, economic, and the military are all factors to the fall of Rome     4. Diocletian separated the territory into east and west assigning a co-ruler for the East. When he died it failed .     5. After Julius C aesa r died, the empire was chais becoming week. Also , when the divided into two, weak spots opened.  

1.Jesus- A leader who came to be known as Christ & was believed to be savior   Apostle-Close follower of Jesus  Paul-Apostle who played a big role in the spread of Christianity throughout history.   Diaspora-Moving away of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine   Constantine-Roman emperor who ended the persecution of Christians   Bishop-Head of all the churches in one area   Peter-First apostle who helped spread Christianity through Syria & Palestin   Pope-Head of all the Christian church     3. Jesus emphasized personal relationships with God, importance of people's love to God, neighbors and enemies. Also, offered eternal life if you repent for your sins   4.They refused to worship the gods of Rome 5.It was the church's basic beliefs

Today we are dong more definitions and questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(488-494 Questions 1,3,4) 1. indulgence- released a sinner from performing the penalty that a priest imposed for sins     reformation-a movement for religious reform     Lutheran - Luther and his followers had become a separate religious group     protestant- signed protest princes who supported Luther signed     peace of Augsburg - famous religious settlement formed by princes     annul- set aside     Anglican - church of England set up by Queen Elizabeth     3. Princes started to sign protests bringing more money for churches to be built. More followers came along and cities followed the Lutheran religion     4. Protestantism developed out of the Reformation, the 16th-century protest in Europe against beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church     5. Henry made people turn ag...