...John Bowman 1017 Pearl St. Unit B Santa Monica, CA 90405 Dear Mr. Bowman, I am sorry to inform you of our company’s decision to discontinue Martin, the show in which created and produced. Our decision to cancel the show came in the mist of the lawsuit between two of the cast member, Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell, although all the details have not been released. With that being said we, Fox Broadcasting Company, have came to the conclusion that nothing beneficial would come out of continuing the show especially with the main characters of the show going through a number of personal issues with each other. Also as the show continues for a number of years just like any other show the numbers begin to decline and the numbers for Martin have declined in every statistical category since the show began in 1992. The show’s ratings have almost been cut in half since the first season , in which there was 11.40 million viewers, compared to our most reason season, which is the 4th season that has a less than desirable 6.70 million viewers. With all that being said the show will not be just taken off the air. If it is possible to get both parties to put their issues to the side to conclude the show in a respectable way is what we would like to do for the sake of the loyal fans of Martin. I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone at Fox Broadcasting Network and we definitely look forward to working with you again if you any other ideas. Hope to hear back from you about...
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...Martin Luther became a monk in the Catholic Church and earned his way up in rank through devotion, prayer, and hard work. Martin soon became a priest within the Catholic Church. Martin was a firm believer in God's word and soon began teaching others in the classroom. As Martin continued to read and study his Bible, he started questioning some of his Church's beliefs and practices. As he continued to read the Bible he started to see certain discrepancies between God's written Word and the Catholic Church's practices. He started to see the truth that was written in God's Word. Martin decided that he needed show the Catholic Church where they were wrong in their teaching of God's word. In 1517, Martin Luther posted 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg. Luther welcomed challenges and debates of the Catholic doctrine. Luther argued that the Bible, not the pope, was the central means to discern God’s word — a view that was certain to raise eyebrows in Rome. Further, Luther maintained that salvation was granted by faith alone; good works and the sacraments were not necessary in order to be saved. Luther was especially appalled by the church practice of selling indulgences. These documents of the pope were sold as penitents of sin. To Luther, this was like buying salvation, and he knew that this was not right. The 95 Theses were quickly distributed throughout Germany and then made their way to Rome. In 1518, Luther was summoned to Augsburg, a city in southern Germany, to defend...
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...One individual can be powerful enough to change the world. With confiction, determnation and willingness to hold strong to your beliefs, one person can make a differance. Martin Luther and Susan B. Anthony are examples of significant people who stood for their beliefs for the greater good of man and changed the course of history. Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany on November 10, 1483 and died in Eisleben, Germany February 18, 1546. In his brief 62 years of life, he managed to make a monstrous change in traditions within Christianity by challenging the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and by translating the Bible in German. In 1501, Luther began studing at the University of Erfurt. He quickly excelled gaining a Bachelors and Masters degree by 1505. Luther then began Law school, at the same University, at this father's wishes. In the summer of 1505, Luther was caught in a storm while returning to school, lightening struck near him and fearing for his life "he cried out, "Help, St. Anne! I'll become a monk!"."(Greatsite, n.d.) Luther, having been raised in the Roman Catholic church, believed his life had been spared, dropped out of law school and entered the monastery.(Greatsite, n.d.) It was during his time at the monestary that he developed a termoilous relationship with God. He could not find peach with God no matter what he did. He was sent back to school to distract him from his self doubt by his superior. In 1507 he was ordained a priest and in...
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...THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMPUS ILLUSTRATION #1: MARTIN LUTHER A WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT PRESENTED TO DR. CHRIS CHUN IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHURCH HISTORY ll: REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT, L1111-21 BY Rodney Odom BOX # 125 BREA, CA January 23, 2016 Subject/Theme Possibilities: Courage, Faith, Transformation, Testimony, Leadership Text of the Illustration: Martin Luther became one of the most influential figures in Christian history when he began the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. He called into question some of the basic tenets of Roman Catholicism. Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper with 95 theses on the university’s chapel door. His followers soon split from the Roman Catholic Church to begin the Protestant tradition. 5. The pope does not intend to remit, and cannot remit any penalties other than those which he has imposed either by his own authority or by that of the Canons.6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God's remission; though, to be sure, he may grant remission in cases reserved to his judgment. If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven. Historical Context of the Illustration: In 1517, Pope Leo X announced a new round of indulgences to help build St. Peter’s Basilica. On October 31, 1517, an angry Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper with 95 theses on the university’s...
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...Notes on Martin Luther (from the PBS docudrama) Driven to Defiance “I would never have thought that such a storm would rise from Rome over one simple scrap of paper...” - Martin Luther Few if any men have changed the course of history like Martin Luther. In less than ten years, this fevered German monk plunged a knife into the heart of an empire that had ruled for a thousand years, and set in motion a train of revolution, war and conflict that would reshape Western civilization, and lift it out of the Dark Ages. Luther's is a drama that still resonates half a millennium on. It's an epic tale that stretches from the gilded corridors of the Vatican to the weathered church door of a small South German town; from the barbarous pyres of heretics to the technological triumph of printing. It is the story of the birth of the modern age, of the collapse of medieval feudalism, and the first shaping of ideals of freedom and liberty that lie at the heart of the 21st century. But this is also an intensely human tale, a story that hurtles from the depths of despair to the heights of triumph and back again. This is the story of a man who ultimately found himself a lightning conductor of history, crackling with forces he could not quite comprehend or control. For Luther, in a life full of irony, would find himself overwhelmed by his own achievements. As his followers sought to build a new and just Europe around him, he could only turn on them in frustration, declaring that his...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King was the middle child of 2 other kids. His mothers and fathers names were Michael King Sr., and Alberta Williams King. Kings’ family was from a sharecropper family and they lived poor. Kings’ grandfather was a rural minister and moved to Atlanta in 1893. He took care of the church called Ebenezer Baptist Church where king became a Pastor there until his father died in 1931. Although King and his family grew up in a poor community they still were in a secure and loving environment. King began his education at the Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia. He was enrolled in David T. Howard Elementary School and he also attended the Atlanta University Laboratory School and Booker T. Washington High School. Because of King’s high examinations, his junior year of high school he advanced to Morehouse College only being 15 years old because he skipped ninth and twelfth grade. He graduated Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in sociology and enrolled in Crozer in Chester, Pennsylvania. While still at Crozer he also studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected president of senior class and won the Pearl Plakfer Award of the most outstanding student. In September of 1951, Martin Luther King began doctoral studies in Systematic Theology at Boston University. Martin Luther King Jr. was an exceptional leader because through his intelligence and determination...
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...Term Paper Martin Luther By Austin Belger Easily one of the most influencial men to Christianity in the early 16th century was Martin Luther. Born in Germany 1483 to a lower class family where his father Hans Luther had made a little money in the mining industry. Knowing that he wanted better for his promising child he sent him to school to become a lawyer. At a school in Madgeburg, young Martin studied grammar, rhetoric, and logic. He later compared his time and experience there to “Purgatory and Hell”. In 1501 he went to the university of Erfurt where he continued his studies and got his masters degree in grammar, logic, rhetoric, and metaphysics. Now almost 20 year old Martin was well on his way to becoming a lawyer just as his father wanted for him. But in mid 1505, Martin got caught in a terrifying thunderstorm and that’s when he called out to St. Anne, the patron saint of miners, “Anne if you save me from this storm ill become a monk. And to his surprise the storm subsided and passed leaving Martin un-harmed. Some may say he already wanted to become a monk and be involved in Catholicism but that’s besides the fact that he was on his way of finish training to be in the monastery. Short after becoming a monk , Martin Luther wasn’t seeing the religious enlightenment happen for him like he had originally hoped for. So in an attempt to find salvation he was told to try and focus all his religious turmoil on Christ by a friend of his and it will sort it self out and get him...
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...An Essay on Martin Luther’s 95 Theses Martin Luther’s Issues with the Catholic Church By: Andre Swift HIST 101 In the 16th-century of Europe, some scholars and theologians started questioning the teachings and behaviors of the Catholic Church. During this time, translations of the Bible and the early writings of church philosopher Augustine had became available and it seemed that these writings did not coincide with what the church was currently doing. Augustine’s writings “had emphasized the primacy of the Bible rather than Church officials as the ultimate religious authority” (A & E Television Networks, LLC, 2013). He also believed that people could not reach salvation by their own deeds or acts, but that only God could grant salvation by his holy grace. The Catholic Church had taught during the Middle Ages that salvation was only possible through good works, works of righteousness, or good deeds that was pleasing to God. Martin Luther studied Augustine’s writings and came to the conclusion and shared in “Augustine’s two central beliefs, which would later form the basis of Protestantism” (A & E Television Networks, LLC, 2013). During this time, “the Catholic Church's practice of granting "indulgences" to provide absolution to sinners became increasingly corrupt” (A & E Television Networks, LLC, 2013). The selling of Indulgences had been banned in Germany, but the church kept doing it with no consequences. Thus, enter Martin Luther. He saw this practice as...
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...The story, The Return of Martin Guerre was published by Natalie Zemon Davis as she was going through a rough point in her life due to the communism over take in society at this point. She was forced into house arrest because of her husband, however she eventually made the best of it by writing this novel. The Return of Martin Guerre is based on an actual historical case during 16th century France. The story of Martin Guerre was based upon a man named Martin Guerre who was fed up with family life and left his wife and two kids. After some time a man claims to be Martin Guerre, but is actually an imposter, named Arnaud. The rest of the story is about how Arnaud is taken to court by Pierre and other village people claiming he is an imposter, but at the same time how Martin’s wife, Bertrande doesn’t know that Arnaud is her husband. In conclusion the real Martin comes into the court case and then everyone knew it was the real Martin because of the peg leg he was supposed to have while he was away. This novel has gotten great admiration for the excellent writing with the historical evidence that is presented in the novel. Though Davis’s book was widely accepted some disagreed such as one historian by the name of, Robert Finlay. Once he read the novel he writes an article opposing it, entitled, “The Refashioning of Martin Guerre” he describes it as a romantic novel, that is full of drama, he says that it is more of a film than an actual novel because of its different view and lack...
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...World 29 October 2015 Despite making his historical mark before the Enlightenment, Martin Luther exemplified its [the enlightenment’s] ideals in criticizing the Catholic Church. The Enlightenment was a period of time which provided inspiration for intellectual, philosophical, and social movements to spread. A number of radical thinkers emerged and started to question the common practices posed by kings and rulers that they believed to be corrupt. As a result, the common people started to become curious and wanted to obtain objective truth about the whole of reality. One of these great minds that persuaded others to question the higher leaders was Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a man of great...
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...1. In this article I will tell you something about Martin Luther and who he was. Martin Luther was a German monk. The reason why he gets a monk was, because in 1505 during a storm he was knocked out by a bold of lightening and so he swears he get a monk. Later he was writing the famous 95 theses. The reason why he wrote these was that J. Tetztel was selling indulgences. J. Tetzel is saying that when you pay indulgences you get free from purgatory. The money J. Tetzel was selling went to Rome to build churches. Luther says in one theses that indulgences could neither make a person free of purgatory. Martin Luther often criticizes the churches, he says also that the only guide for Christians is the bible. 1520 he was excommunicated from the Pope...
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...The reformation was a historical event that happened around the 15th century, it’s based on the re-formation of the church. Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther released the ninety-five these statement on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg (“ German reformation, 3 ”). Martin Luther like his father and grandfather, he was a slave, he was also the oldest of ten children. The reformation has ended near the late 1900s. When he was younger, he was sent to a boarding school, but on his journey back he was supposed “kidnapped”. In the early 21st century, relations have been good throughout the catholic church and mainstream Protestantism. The story of the Protestantism is a bloody and violent time for both sides. The Reformation is...
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...DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ARABIC COURSE: POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION ASSIGNMENT 1 (SEMESTER 2) Write a short essay on Martin Heidegger’s philosophy. Also refer to the possible implications of Heidegger’s philosophy for religious thinking. Introduction The following essay will examine Martin Heidegger’s philosophy and its possible implications for religious thinking. Heidegger is one of the first major post-modern philosophers. Though he died in 1972 his magnum opus, Sien und Zeit was published in 1927. First, I will present various key issues in his philosophical thinking and then critically reflect on what consequences these issues have on religious thinking. It is important to point out that Heidegger’s philosophy is extremely complex and he never completed his second half of his endeavour, hence a brief explication will not do his thinking justice but a complete explanation is outside the scope of this essay. Therefore, in this essay I will primarily focus on Heidegger’s five key concepts; i) the transience of reality, ii) human existence, iii) Being-in-the world, iv) objects and things and v) metaphysics and Being. The transience of reality This ‘transience of reality’ according to Heidegger reflects the idea that everything is “temporary and changeable” (RST3708 Study Guide 2008:59). Whereas modern subjectivism refers to the “attitude in terms of which the whole of reality is traced back to the...
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...1-What Martin Heidegger meant by this statement is that the main difference between “Being” and “beings” is where they stand in reality. He describes “Being” as the force in which particular “beings” exist, also considered a “super being”, therefore not a thing but a concept much more complex. On the other hand, he argued that “beings” are what we classify as particular things that exist, including humans. For instance, if we can compare this concept to a painting we can classify beings as the “things” drawn on the canvas while “Being” can be seen as what holds the painting, that which is the canvas and/or frame. To further explain this theory, Heidegger later uses light as a template on how these two concepts work in comparison. Light is...
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...This book is written in account of Martin Guerre's recent return to his town after being gone for nearly eight years. Martin upon arriving back home is connected again with his family, friends, and his wife. After a period of 3 years it is found out that he is not the real Martin Guerre. The man that has faked the role for some time fooling everyone he has spoken to goes by the name of Arnaud du Tilh. The imposter had a falling out with the family over finances and the sale of land that was owned by the family. It is at this point that Guerre's uncle Pierre Guerre accuses him of being a fake. The supposed "Martin Guerre" is placed on trial in Rieux. This is when Arnaud "Martin" is deemed to be an imposter and sentenced to death. Following this decision "Martin" chooses to appeal this case to the Parliament. He comes very close to being released from all charges until the real Martin Guerre arrives....
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