--Protestantism: the faithful achieve salvation by God’s grace; guidance can be achieved using the Bible -Meant to reflect the Lutheran ideas about salvation -Done in consultation with Martin Luther, a leader in the Protestant Movement Left: -Moses holds the Ten Commandments -The Ten Commandments represent the Old Law, Catholicism -The law of Moses is not enough; it is not enough to live a good life -A skeleton chases a man into hell Right: -Faith in Christ alone is needed for salvation -Symbolically, the barren branches of the tree on the left side contrast with the full bloom on the right.
-Designed using the woodcut technique to make the image available to the masses -Its purpose was to contrast the benefits of Protestantism versus the perceived disadvantages of Catholicism. -Influential image of the Protestant Reformation; text appears in the people’s language: Latin
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