RE Internal Assessment – AS 90817 - The Reformation The Reformation was a religious movement that began in 16th century Europe by people in the Roman Catholic Church. It was started by people in the Roman Catholic church who objected to some of the practices performed by the church such as the sale of indulgences, inability of the laity to read the bible, bribery of the priests and cardinals, and pluralism. It lasted throughout the 16th century, and was largely carried out by reformists like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Thomas More. This event in history has left a large mark on the Christian religion. Following the reformation, the Christian religion was divided into two distinct factions. Within one, Protestantism, which includes a number of variations, for instance, …show more content…
The other, Roman Catholicism. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Roman Catholic Church was amidst serious corruption from within the hierarchy of the church. It was perceived by many that there was serious short comings within the Roman Catholic Church. One example of the immoral practices the priests carried out was the selling of indulgences. The people of the church were lead to believe that in order to escape purgatory, they were required to pay large amounts of money to the church so that they could buy forgiveness. In addition, the churches community at the time were unable to have access to any religious literature that they could read themselves. This meant that they could only take the word of the priesthood, who lead them to believe what they wanted the bible and other religious literature to say. Another example of corruption within the church was the
The size, power, and wealth of The Church caused major corruption in the time period 1000-1500 AD / CE. The Catholic Church had its own laws and government-type system. Church leaders such as Bishops and Archbishops were on the king’s council and played very important leading roles in the government. If you wanted to get any position on the king's council you needed the churches to support or it would not have been possible. Church officials in addition to this kept records of everything.
Jeramie Jones Dr. Hermann History 101 Right before the 16th century, there were huge changes in the way people started to think. One major movement that influenced this was the wave of humanist thought, which understood the importance of the study of classical text to emphasize a larger value of the individual, to which the Protestant Reformation owed a lot to. This basis of thought is a huge reason people began to critique the teachings of, and even question the theological foundation of the Catholic Church. The main reason for which religion was so divisive in the 16th century was that people finally began to think for themselves. Despite Roman Catholicism being the dominant in Europe all before the 16th century, a new wave of Protestantism
Pobj Summan AP Euro Period 4 10-17-2017 DBQ During the 16th century the large religious movement known as the Protestant Reformation took place. Protestantism was a new way of religion that challenged the usual Catholic religion. It was a very controversial idea throughout Europe, where as many countries accepted it as their religion but the countries part of the Holy Roman Empire were against it.
Chaos: The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would disruption that separated Catholic define the continent in the modern and central Europe, like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry Vill challenged papal authority and questioned the Church 's ability to define Christian practice. They argued for a religious and political redistribution of power into the hands of Bible- and pamphlet-reading pastors and princes. The disruption triggered wars, persecutions and the so-called Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church 's delayed but forceful response to the Protestants. The main chaos that caused reformation were religious,
Church officials sometimes used torture and often used intimidation to get people to confess
The Reformation was a time in Europe in the 1500s in which people questioned the beliefs of the Catholic Church. There were many changes made by the catholic church. The people that were responsible were Martin Luther, John Calvin and King Henry VIII. The Protestant Reformation of 16th century Europe was primarily the result of three men and their disagreements with the Catholic Church; Martin Luther, John Calvin, and King Henry VIII forever changed the religious landscape of Europe.
In 1530’s the Protestant Reformation brought a change not only in religious and political ideologies but also role of
The Protestant and English reformation were both reforms that took place in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church. Comparatively these reformations are alike and different in some sense. For example, Two leaders led these reforms and went against the church’s beliefs for different purposes. For personal reasons , King Henry VIII went against the church, whereas Martin Luther knew the church could not offer him salvation amongst other reasons. Before becoming a monk, Martin Luther was once a law student .
In turn, something to lead off of that would be the Spanish Inquisition. Ties with this and the Protestant Reform are slightly alike. Churches in Spain formed groups to travel and see if anyone was being unfaithful to the Catholic religion throughout 1480 and the 1820’s. Both allegedly brought a form of rebellion and chaos to the people, even if the Protestant Reform was acted on for the better. The people of their own religious beliefs were pressured and at points punished for the “wrong doings” supposedly to the spanish travelers.
I agree that the Catholic and Protestant church did not communicated well and needed a reformation in order to move ahead with Christianity. This time where the Catholic church ruled didn’t spread the Gospel the way Jesus Christ and the Apostles spread. Instead, Christian faith spread by heresy which Luther filled the vacuum the Catholic church created. The religious-political-authority system of the Ecumenical church revealed a resurgence with reformers such as Martin Luther, Augustine, John Calvin, Philip Melanchthon, Zwingli, Bucer, Jakob Arminius, and Jonathan Edward. However, at the same time Christian churches demonstrated opposition to the Catholic church way of interpretation and other things opening the way to diversity of interpretation
Consequently, the Catholic Church became known for its corruption and impiety during the middle Ages One of the main causes for the corruption in the medieval church was the practice the buying and selling
Before the Reformation officially began in 1517, the Catholic Church were not always peaceful or united, it was frequently criticized for its pride (both spiritually and worldly), extravagance and political ambitions. Many reformers tried to reform the ways of the church, but were mostly unsuccessful. The church was called many times to reform, and were challenged by the new ideas and philosophies descending from the Renaissance. These new areas of learning did not change the Reformation, but it helped create a climate of uncertainty and questioning, which encouraged critics of the church, to challenge some of its ideas. Many people also criticised the corruption of the Catholic Church, though they still accepted the church 's religious teachings.
On the contrary, the clergy had many corrupted members associated
Although instances were seen before 1517 where people asked for a reform of the Catholic church in order to manage its corruption and control, the start of the rise of Reformation can be directly linked to 1517, Germany, and a man named Martin Luther. Martin Luther was an individual who believed and preached out the idea that people deserved religious and political freedom. He pushed forward the idea that anybody who felt as though they were being abused by the church didn’t need to continue on that way, and that all who wished to have more control were deserving of them. Luther saw a large problem in the way the church abused its power in the name of God and how they specifically partook in dishonest indulgences. The Reformation allowed the
This strong disagreement among Catholics led them to reform the church. The Renaissance influenced people to believe that the church was no longer the