The history of protest posters and flyers began with the Protestant Reformation, specifically the act of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the front door of the Church. Thanks in part to the printing press, these ideas spread across Europe. Choose one of the following assignment options to complete.
Option 1: Create a protest poster for the Protestant Reformation. To be effective your poster should include the following elements: Criticisms of the Catholic Church a list of solutions that Protestantism proposes (at least 3 different ways) a convincing slogan and eye-catching graphics and design
Option 2: You are one of many Church authorities at the Council of Trent. After 18 years, you and your colleagues have finally devised a comprehensive plan to challenge the growing popularity of Protestantism. You also know of other measures developed by the Jesuits and other groups to fight Luther’s ideas.
You are in charge of writing a letter to all the Catholic priests to communicate these new decisions and to let them know what they need to do to strengthen the Church in their parishes. In your letter, you must do the following: Criticisms of the Protestantism movement (from the perspective of the Catholic Church) Explain the Catholic Church’s plan to win back worshipers (at least 3 different ways)
Encourage and try to persuade the parish priests to participate actively in all areas of the Counter-Reformation The length of your letter should be no more than 2 double-spaced pages. Due to the creative nature of this assignment, you do not have to integrate in-text citations into either option unless you are including a direct quotation.
However, in gathering information to inform you assignment you must use reliable, academic research sources and include a properly formatted Chicago style bibliography.
Use the Chicago Manual of Style to format your assignments. Properly citing your sources shows you respect the ideas of others, and helps protect against plagiarizing. The formatting style should be used to create bibliographies, end notes, and/or footnotes.
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