Team 1, Question 1

The Pope at the current time, Leo X, believed that the responsibility to consider, in the worlds eye, what is right and what is wrong lied in the hands of the Church. He takes to the saints Peter, Paul etc. to cleanse the church of its heretical concepts. The establishment of the decree was, as a purpose, a form of eradicating heresy, throughout the minds of the Catholic church. A one-to-one interaction with God was more prevalent in Pope Leo X’s principles, therefore creating the hierarchy of a personal relationship with God. This circumvents the original ideals of the Catholic church, neglecting the Pope as a mediator. The act of communion is essential to the Christian practice, but the Protestant idea of such practice was in contrast with Pope Leo’s notion of the unification of the church. Based in the traditional church view, eucharist should be taken as a physical act for the individuals in the church in order to feel connected with Christ. Although the Protasents saw that the authority figure, the Pope, was in the way of a authentic relationship with Christ. The papal authority was a road block for individuals. This caused a lack of intimacy with the Lord Jesus.

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