The new taxes that were imposed on baptism, burial and marriage were resented by many of the commons as a great number, particularly the poorer people, could not afford to pay them and they feared that this would prevent their salvation. Source B suggests that Robert Aske led the uprising in an attempt to prevent or reduce the ‘rising entry-fines and new taxes’. Source B also states that the ‘nobles and gentry disliked… the Statute of Uses’. This was an Act of Parliament which limited the application of uses in property law and had been introduced by Henry as a way for him to rectify his financial issues, so perhaps (as Source B suggests) the nobles had helped to lead the rebellion in an attempt to revert this
These results would clearly indicate that the Prohibition was an enormous failure. Many people advocated for the Prohibition due to religious values and morals, while even more Americans disagreed with this act and believed it was a violation of their personal liberties. Although some Americans believed in the values of the Prohibition, even more would be against this amendment due to the fact that many believed this legislation invaded personal freedoms, which left the government unable to enforce a law many Americans were against as well as the low salary paid to agents, which allowed them to be
In the 16th century the church played a huge role in the lives of people in Europe, however, in some parts and Germany in particular, the Church was seen as not responding to the appetite for spiritual fulfillment and failing in some of its duties. The Church was involved not just spiritually but economically, politically and educationally; therefore, any corruption within the Church had consequences all over Christendom. The role of the Church was to perform the seven sacraments in order for Catholics to reach their goal – salvation. Firstly, the Church was resented because it was corrupt. This was resented in Germany because it seemed hard to obtain salvation and live a spiritual life when the representatives of Christianity were dishonest.
There were also more Atheists in the Chesapeake because of the low life expectancy causing people to not believe in God as a savior. In the government, religion was also a factor of many laws and the way settlers interacted. Laws called blue laws were made to enforce morals. Blue laws mainly existed in Massachusetts because of their high moral living. Failure to anide by these rules were sometimes regarded the same as disobeying regular laws.
Throughout Miller’s novel The Crucible, religion is heavily criticized and the institution of it in Salem. Criticism is displayed when Abigail reveals her hatred for Salem and the key values the town lived by: “I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men” (I. 22). Abigail criticized the way religion was taught and the context of religion in Salem. Miller argues that Salem’s teachings to the people amongst one another was wrong doing with the fact that few people such as Abigail saw them as too drastic or immorally wrong.
But on the contrary, most public officials believed that it wasn’t revenge from God, it wasn’t the Jews or even a weakness of the soul, but just a disease (Knox). They authorities tried to do every thing they could to deal with the outrageous problems, but there was only so much they could do, so once the government failed people would turn to ridiculous extremities (Knox). Only the wealthy were typically able to afford an exorcist or a confessor so the common folk would have to make do with the superstitions and “hack physicians” who knew very little about illnesses that dealt with human anatomy. Plague Doctors were hired to come in to towns or affected areas to “cure” the sick, but they were not even trained physicians or surgeons, so that alone was a rather large risk, but also understandable because the people experiencing this were very desperate to get healthier. The doctors would wear masks that had “beaks” on them to be used as filters that were filled with perfumes that were thought to be used as cleaning vapors.
The Catholic Church did not want to be responsible for funding the Inquisition. The Inquisition was funded by the royal treasury but this was not sufficient and so they began using the money obtained from people’s property to fund the Inquisition. The church thought it would be best to take people’s property instead of taking people’s lives. This affected families throughout Spain. If a father was accused of something his whole family will suffer with him.
The FBI and The Bureau of Tobacco and Fire Arms failed to recognize the nature of millenarian beliefs because David Koresh viewed his delusions as reality of life. I think that the government didn’t think the beliefs are real because the beliefs were bizarre. Also, another reason the government didn’t take the Davidians serious because they were in cult. The ATF contributed that this event was a lot of troubles that caused a lot of people to die for a good purpose. Likewise in the First Amendment people want the government to take religious beliefs very serious in order to not cause another epidemic from happening
Puritan Massachusetts or the “city upon a hill” for example, instilled a theocratic government in which it was treason to oppose any Puritan practice. Although the Ministers had no formal political power, they held great power over the church members. The people were taxed to support the Church and rules requiring Church attendance were put in place. Known as the New England Way, the Puritans often banished religious outsiders such as the Quakers, in fear of losing political and religious control of the colony. Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, both Quakers, began preaching in the city of Boston in 1656.
One of the groups that were affected was the religious aspect. The Black Death often led to cynicism toward religious officials. No one, not even the Church, was able to cure the plague outbreaks. In the religious sector there was a theory of how the plague was spreading through air, and was referred to as miasma, or "bad air". This caused society to doubt in the clergy's abilities.