Hi, ladies!
There seems to be already a feel of autumn in the air this morning, and I’m in a good mood. Even though it was not so muggy this summer, I’ve experienced a kind of summer fatigue …How about you? Now I really hope all of you are in good health.
By the way, I’ve tackled the English Article Drill Book (part 1) since the Aichi Seminar was over. A few days ago, I was already intending to finish it, but I found mistakes. Some of them were careless mistakes, and others were poor understandings. Mmm… I hope I will finish it as soon as possible.
My engine doesn’t start smoothly…See you tomorrow, have a good day!
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Dear Cherry and friends
Hello. How are you? It’s a very comfortable night.
My sister told us about her daughter’s teacher today. My niece was crying about her teacher last night. The teacher scolded at the students for accumulated irritation about their behavior yesterday. My sister’s advice for the daughter was that even adults often irritate as he did, so she should watch over him with generous attitude.
The teacher apologized to the students today for his irrational anger.
I met the niece this evening. Pretending not knowing this story, I asked my niece how she had been at school. She told me about the teacher’s anger. According to her, he was complained about what they did last Wednesday but no student remembered they made such a mistake. My niece said that her teacher really wants his students to become no. 1. Perhaps, he is comparing them to other classes. He loves the students very much.
Today’s is question is why some people dissented against Anglicanism. Before answering this question, I will explain why Henry VIII succeeded in the Reformation.
I might have mentioned this before, but this time I will summarize it based on the information given by Michel sensei.
Henry VIII was a very religious king. Before the Reformation, he wrote a book to defend the Pope, and therefore he was called Defender of the Faith.
Henry had wanted a son, but he had only daughter with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who used to be his brother’s wife. He believed that God was cursing him. Such a notion eventually made him disregard papal authority.
It was a time people desired for reform. For more than two centuries, people had tolerated the Catholic Church.
Having unique power, the Pope was the only ruler of the Roman Catholic Church. Kings were chosen by the Pope. Such power was spiritual blackmail for everybody. Kings must obey the Pope and they had no choice.
The bible was written in Latin. Ordinary people could not read the bible. The Roman Catholic Church invented many doctrines such as transubstantiation. Thomas Aquinas reached this idea, transubstantiation. It is the belief that through the Communion, wine and bread become actual blood and body of God. Catholics are also obliged by the Church to believe the idea of original sin. In addition, there are some issues concerning money. Jews lend money to Jews without interest. They lend non-Jews at interest. What about Christians? The Roman Catholic Church decided that Christians do not charge interest. Due to church duty called tithe, the Church was given a fixed amount of money. People realized the Church can be rich and gradually suspected the Catholic Church could invent doctrines that benefited the Church.
Sorry, I am terribly sleepy.
Good night.
Found a silly grammatical mistake.
Not:
... that even adults often irritate as he did
Correct:
... that even adults are often irritated as he was ...
How careless!
Dear Cherry and friends
Happy Friday!
How are you?
Finally, I finished proofreading the galley proof and sent it by express.
So far, I have been writing why Henry VIII was successful and why the Reformation was accepted.
There are two main reasons. The one is political and the other is religious.
Yesterday, I wrote about some religious aspects such as Pope’s power and people’s suspicions of it. Political movements are not completely disconnected from religious motives.
People’s resentment against the Roman Catholic Church was centuries old. Let’s look back at English society in the end of the fourteenth century. Crusades were returning from the Continent. Plaque brought by them killed one third of the population, which was an enormous economic effect. In 1381, Peasants’ Revolt led by Wat Tyler and John Ball marched to London and killed two bishops. John Ball said:
“When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?”
This rhetorical question meant that everyone was equal.
Although the leaders were executed and the revolt was brutally put down, people’s suspicion of the Church remained.
John Ball was one of Lollards who were the followers of John Wycliffe, a theologian, and caused the political and religious movement from the mid-fourteenth century and the Reformation. They advocated the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages. They believed, “If I can read the Bible by myself, there will be nobody between God and me.” Such an idea is shared by Anabaptists, seventeenth-century dissenters.
Oops, it’s Saturday. Have a good weekend.
Good night.
Hello, Cherry and my precious friends.
It’s Saturday again. It’s rainy and very cool.
I’ve been keeping access to NHK world on the website.
While reading various news reported every day, I can’t help feeling a change of the world. Everything changes; people and things are changing whether we recognize it or not.
Here are three articles which specifically made me realize the uncertainty of life.
First, Noriko Sakai confessed to having used stimulant drugs at her home as well as at a hotel while traveling in Amamioshima Island with her family.
A former popular singer and actress, she is now convicted of illegal use of stimulant drugs. Severe punishment has been slapped on her.
Secondly, Japan Airline, which used to be the Japanese flag-carrier has been financially struggling due to a decreasing number of passengers in the economic downturn. It is searching for corporate mergers.
JAL president Haruka Nishimkatsu with wearing a traditional Japanese happi coat handed out leaflets to passers-by in the Yurakucho district along with JAL pilots,appealing to use the JAL frights.
A prosperous JAL was no more prosperous at all. Japan’s flagship carrier is likely to lose in global competition in the aviation industry.
Lastly, Taiwan former president Chen Shui-bian has been sentenced to life in prison due to guilt of embezzlement in a conspiracy with his wife and others.
Chen was a symbol of democratic reformer. He took power nine years ago by ending the Nationalist Party’s half-a-century rule. However, he was found guilty, having to pay penalties and being stripped of his citizenship.
This news made me sad because I watched the wife of Chen making a short speech at the Asian conference held in Taipei.
It began to rain cats and dogs.
Have a nice weekend, my precious friends.
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