Introduction The Renaissance, Reformation, and the rise of the Roman Catholic were big moments that shaped history. These eras inspired many, bringing about new ideas of individualism, religious devotion, and the arts. People were affected in many ways, and often in different ways. It changed the way people thought and lived from day-to-day. It created new beginnings and new ideologies that have carried into the ideas of today. The church has been a part of each of these movements but viewed in very different ways. The Renaissance, Reformation and Roman Catholic criticisms had separate views and ideas of the church. Renaissance To begin, the Renaissance was a movement that was full of inspiration, individualism, and artistic advancements. …show more content…
The Protestant Reformation was first documented as beginning with Martin Luther’s work being published, “95 Theses”. Martin Luther was born in 1483 in Germany. His father was a Saxon miner and Luther was brought up in training to be a lawyer. The story is told that a lightning bolt struck him from his horse in a thunderstorm so he cried out to St. Anne to save him, and in return he would become a monk. Within the two weeks following, he became a monk at the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. He began to question the Catholic ways and started preaching protestant ways after traveling and seeing how other Christian denominations followed God. He stood in front of the Diet of Worms and was outlawed, but was protected by the Duke and Prince. During this time, more people were congregating in towns and cities, able to see the church corruption for themselves. People were not being helped to find personal salvation by the Catholic church’s emphasis on rituals. The attacks against the Catholic church grew stronger and made its move beyond Germany. People were breaking out against the Catholic church, turning to Protestant religions. People from several European countries read the “95 Theses” and other writings by Luther and were leaving the Catholic church. There was an uprising in the European countries as the view of the Catholic church changed among many …show more content…
This was the Catholic church’s response to the Reformation and attacks they received during that time. Along with being the response to outward hatred, this was the Catholic church’s way to work on inner renewal and improvement. The response what was termed “Lutheranism” was combatted in several ways depending on the Pope and what they wished to achieve. Some tried to reassert the authority of the Catholic church, preaching against the Protestants. Others attempted to appeal to the governmental authority like kings and princes to win their favor, while others attempted to make Catholicism more accessible to the common people and spread it more so on the ground-level. All these various ways came back at Lutheranism and Protestants that were spreading throughout Europe at the time like wildfire. Popes, even, understood that reform within the Catholic church was needed, so they attempted to do so. However, they still held tight and faithful to the Catholic church. Even though the Protestants came at the Catholic church pretty hard, the Catholics were determined to counter this argument, but did not win many people back to
In the sixteenth century of Europe, religious reform and changes led people away from the Catholic Church. From Martin Luther’s exposition of the church’s corruption to King Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy, these two religious figures broke away from the Catholic Church in favor of alternative religions. Their lives were heavily involved in their personal and political motives to change the church’s religious practices and beliefs. In the German states, Martin Luther realized that the priests were often unqualified, immoral, and corrupted.
According to history.com, “The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era.” The Protestant Reformation began as a movement devoted to returning to ancient sources. According to the textbook, “ This religious movement initiated by sixteenth-century, Martin Luther, who openly criticized the corruption in the Catholic Church and voiced his belief that Christians could speak directly to God. Martin Luther was a Monk and a professor of theology. He questioned the pope and other religious people in his order for doing what he did not feel was acceptable.
The beginning of the 16th century brought with it the Reformation. The Catholic Church became challenged by Martin Luther and John Calvin. With nailing of the 95 theses on the Church doors, Luther began the Protestant Reformation. The counter-reformation was introduced in Europe to weaken the Protestant Reformation and rebuild the power of the Catholic Church through education, clergy reform, and spreading of the Catholic faith. The counter-reformation can be additionally seen as a political movement because of the loss in revenue in the Baltic provinces.
Previously, Catholics held all the power but after the Protestant Reformation, their power was greatly limited. Protestants did not want to listen and follow Catholics so instead there was a very week political government. Princes followed either religion and those who disagreed limited the power of those princes. Socially, Europe became a time for questioning religion. Different forms of Protestantism formed, many of which started fights with other groups of Protestants.
The Protestant Reformation was when the Catholics were being judged on whether their ways of their church were wrong. It was also when another religion was formed out of that religion with the changes that were thought to be wrong. This was happening from 1500 to 1700. All of this began to happen when Martin Luther began to question the Catholic Church and its’ ways. He saw at least ninety-five things that were wrong with the church.
The Reformation is an era that is widely acknowledged as a major turning point marked by substantial change politically and religiously in Western Europe and the world. This change is primarily due to the influence of Martin Luther, a man who played a pivotal role through his writings. There were many reasons for the push for the Reformation, but the main causes were political and religious. The Church was a powerhouse because the clergy comprised the majority of those who could read, the majority of Europe and most of the world believed in Christianity, and the Pope was a figurehead who had the power of excommunication. Eventually, this power would start to afflict the Church, on the outside, the Church preached its teaching, thought to be
The Protestant Reformation broke out in Germany in the beginning of 1517. The Church and the Pope began to lose power and authority and people began to question the teachings and ways of the Catholic Church. Ideas of new religions, such as Protestant, Lutheran, and Calvinists, started to spread throughout Europe. The Church was corrupt and started to lose followers. These problems led to people speaking out against the Church and it became a revolution of political and religious debates.
The Protestant Reformation began with a movement made by a monk simply to criticize and challenge the actions of the Church. From the disapproval of selling indulgence to the demand of equality, multiple forces have sparked the inception of the Protestant Revolution. Martin Luther’s decision to take public stand against the Church was revolutionary to the society. A movement for religious reforms, known as the Protestant Reformation, was born. Luther’s beliefs were soon adopted by and appealed to every levels of society.
The thought and work of Martin Luther was part of this religious movement called the Protestant Reformation, which ended with ecclesiastical, religious and political supremacy of the Church of Rome creating European Protestant churches of different denominations. The main difference between the Catholic Church was that Luther was convincing that salvation is trough justification by faith. Although the Reformation was not essentially a religious movement, it resulted in significant changes in almost all aspects of social, economic and political life, with a major impact on the history of the Western world. Luther's ideology caused several differences. The 95 Theses and his criticism of the church generated conflicts in the church world.
The Middle Ages were the era of Reformation. The Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Catholic counter-reformation were all major reform movements that brought about much needed change. However, these three movements strongly disagreed with each other. Why did they disagree? Because they had different perspectives concerning Christianity and the church’s authority.
In the year 1517, Martin Luther started his protestant revolt. This revolt caused many Catholics to turn away from their faith in Germany, Switzerland, England, and later all around the world. This divided the people of Europe, causing many wars between states and enmities between previous friends. In England, King Henry VIII divorced and remarried, causing the pope to publicly reprimand him.
The Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century heralded a dramatic change in Western religion. Until the Reformation, the Catholic Church had dominated every aspect of European lifestyle. The Reformation was initiated in 1517 by Martin Luther, a former Catholic priest who witnessed discrepancies within the Catholic Church of his day. The Reformation provided many with the platform needed to thoroughly question and differ from Catholic practices, and as time went on, Reformist movements evolved into groups with their own unique social and religious identities, with many figures throughout Europe launching their own Protestant denominations. Because the Protestant Reformation displaced the place of the Catholic Church traditions in a religious
The Protestant Reformation The Protestant Reformation was a major 16th century European movement aimed to change the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. In northern and central Europe, reformers such as, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII challenged and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to explain Christian practice. They wanted political and religious redistribution of power to Bible- and pamphlet- reading pastors or princes. This caused many wars, persecutions, and the “Counter-Reformation.”
The Renaissance and the Reformation; some say these movements were when Pandora’s Box was opened, leading to many of the great crises of the present. Others say it was when modernity was born, leading to innovation and progress, and others say it was a time of unprecedented tragedy, Christendom was torn asunder, brother turned against brother, and sister against sister. Despite these extremely varying opinions however, no one denies that the time of Renaissance and Reformation was a turning of the tide, whether for good or for ill. For many at the time this turning of the tide seemed only to have extreme philosophical or theological implications however, in hindsight, the Renaissance and the Reformation or “the Revolt” as its opposers would say, had immense political, cultural, and
This strong disagreement among Catholics led them to reform the church. The Renaissance influenced people to believe that the church was no longer the