Pros And Cons Of The Reformation

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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

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