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    The Reformation AKA The Protestant Reformation started and led by Martin Luther, cause a big division in the Roman Catholic Church, it led to the creation of many branches of the Christian belief. Some of the many, many branches of Christianity are the Beachy Amish-Mennonites, and Anabaptist-Mennonite. Despite the increase of branches of Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church still exists and is still one of the major sects of Christianity. The Roman Catholic Church has a long history compared

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    The Reformation rattled the unity of the Catholic Religion in Western Europe an led to the diversity of the Church. This religious disturbance consequently led to the establishment of national Protestant churches. The Protestant Reformation, sometimes falsely referred to as the Protestant Revolution, was brought forth due to political and economic factors because at the time the Roman Church controlled close to everything. When speaking of the Reformation it is extremely important to speak of political

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    The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther: German friar who believed that only the Bible was God’s word and started Protestant Reformation Protestant Reformation: Movement that denounced the Church and believed that the Bible was the only true word of God John Calvin: Believed a reformation was needed so much he had ideas that affected the New World’s future Institutes of the Christian Religion: A book by John Calvin that explained the Protestant systematic theology Calvinism:

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    What three most critical things caused of the protestant reformation? The three most important things that helped this were pope isn’t God; church can’t make laws, and the selling of indulgence. The first one is that pope is not God. That the pope is comparing himself to God on the same level. According to document 1 the author states “that the bishop (the pope) is head of the holy church. And certainly the apostles of Jesus Christ never constrained any man to believe this concerning himself.” It

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    Matters concerning religion today were not like they were in the beginning of the sixteenth century. Before Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis starting the Protestant reformation, there was only the religion of Catholicism. The Protestant reformation, brought on by the northern renaissance, gave us diverse religions such as Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anabaptist, and many others. Although the spread of these new religions pleased the people of the country, the ruling authorities and catholic dignitaries

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    Catholic Church began to diminish the authenticity of Christianity as a whole and would later influence the final division of the Christian Church. This division would be led by Martin Luther and reformers alike across western Europe. The Protestant Reformation paved the way for a new and favored way of salvation among the Christian community and prolonged Europe’s ongoing social and political changes into the modern era. The Catholic Church decided that instead of penance by prayer and expensive

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    The Impact of the Protestant Reformation Prior to the early sixteenth century, the Catholic Church was the center of European society. Having its own legal system, the church owned large tracts of land, controlled education and provided the ethical issues that guided all of European society. Commanding the loyalty and devotion of its parishioners, the Catholic Church was seen as the guardian of eternal truth and the mediator of salvation. During this period, allegations of moral and theological

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    There were numerous significant events that took place to result in the Protestant Reformation, but the humanistic philosophies of the Renaissance was the primary origin of the Protestant Reformation. Humanism allowed people of the Renaissance to freely critique the Catholic Church, saying is had become more political than religious and the priests and bishops were no longer pious. This helped lead to the Reformation because many people questioned their Catholicism after humanistic views showed why

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    The Protestant Reformation was an event that helped to change church’s from being corrupt money laundering into the more religious based teaching we know today. The Diet of Worms was one of the most important events of the protestant reformation. Beginning on January 28th, 1521, it addressed Martin Luther speaking out against the church and hoped to have him recant his Ninety-Five Theses. While the Diet of Worms was expected to put an end to the reformation, it only ended up boosting the public's

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    period of 1300 to 1789 the church's power declined by a significant amount. A number of things happened that decreased the church's power during the time period of 1300 to 1789, but the Protestant reformation and the Scientific Revolution had weakened the role of the church the most. The Protestant Reformation had decreased the role of the church in Europe by decreasing its power by a large margin. Martin Luther had, had some ideas of what was wrong with the church. He

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