Update Oct. 4

Bellwrite: Please record in your commonplace book your most important learning this week.

We took a break from Hamlet to return to history. We reviewed what we have learned thus far: Renaissance Humanism and the Age of Exploration. We then proceeded into the Protestant Reformation. I shared a lecture introducing the Protestant Reformation. We considered why there are so many different Christian denominations, and reviewed a brief history of the following major branches of Christianity: Catholicism, Orthodox, Protestantism, and "Mormons." We traced each branch's claims to authority and historical origins.

We next considered some of the key players and doctrines of the Protestant Reformation: Luther, Calvin, grace alone, faith alone (justification by faith), word alone, predestination. From our consideration of predestination, we were led to the debate between the two great Christian Humanists--Luther and Erasmus--on the question of human free will. We studied their debate in our history primary source readings packet (Renaissance & Reformation Topic 6).

Homework:
Work on memorizing your Hamlet monologue.

Remember, we have adjusted the Fire in the Bones reading schedule to limit homework during General Conference weekend. The adjusted schedule is as follows.

Date Due	Page Due
Sept. 19	23
Sept. 23	47
Sept. 25	59
Sept. 27	85
Sept. 30	110
Oct. 2	133
Oct. 4	146
Oct. 9	175
Oct.15	197
Oct. 17	217
Oct. 21	235