11th Century Catherism
Internally there were disputes between the Church and the lay powers. The Investiture Dispute in the 11th Century, a dispute between the Pope and European monarchs over the right to select bishops and church officials, was the most significant and ended with the triumph of church authority over the lay power of the Holy Roman Empire. Challenges of creed included Catherism (centered on Languedoc in France), the Waldensians of North West Italy and Southern France and led ultimately to the Albigenisian Crusade (1209-1229) in an effort by the Church to eliminate Catherism.
These disputes were mainly about interpretation of the scripture and the defense of orthodoxy. The Protestant movement was more fundamental. The Protestant founding fathers …show more content…
The printing press, developed in Europe in the 15th Century (much earlier in India and China) had led to the ability to promulgate new ideas much more broadly and quickly than ever before. By the 15th Century the Western world was changing very quickly indeed.
Early change agents included Jon Hus of Prague, who was burned at the stake by order of the Pope, and John Wycliffe of England who died of a stroke, but was exhumed and burned as a heretic twelve years later. Both, in their own way, challenged the legitimacy of the Catholic Church as the manifestation of God on Earth and the determinant of orthodox …show more content…
The Affaire des Placards (the Placard Affair) was an early example when, on an October night in 1534, placards against the Mass appeared all over France, including on the door of King Francis I at Amboise, an astonishing testament to the influence of those behind the movement. The placards carried a direct attack on the sanctity of the Eucharist; this was powerful and provocative material design to stir up passions. One of the immediate effects was to drive King Francis, a humanist and not a great patron of the church, to defend the church and through it the stability of his reign; lines were being drawn in the sand. Retribution followed; John Calvin, a native of France, was one of those who fled to the security of Zwingli’s Protestant movement in
These disputes were mainly about interpretation of the scripture and the defense of orthodoxy. The Protestant movement was more fundamental. The Protestant founding fathers …show more content…
The printing press, developed in Europe in the 15th Century (much earlier in India and China) had led to the ability to promulgate new ideas much more broadly and quickly than ever before. By the 15th Century the Western world was changing very quickly indeed.
Early change agents included Jon Hus of Prague, who was burned at the stake by order of the Pope, and John Wycliffe of England who died of a stroke, but was exhumed and burned as a heretic twelve years later. Both, in their own way, challenged the legitimacy of the Catholic Church as the manifestation of God on Earth and the determinant of orthodox …show more content…
The Affaire des Placards (the Placard Affair) was an early example when, on an October night in 1534, placards against the Mass appeared all over France, including on the door of King Francis I at Amboise, an astonishing testament to the influence of those behind the movement. The placards carried a direct attack on the sanctity of the Eucharist; this was powerful and provocative material design to stir up passions. One of the immediate effects was to drive King Francis, a humanist and not a great patron of the church, to defend the church and through it the stability of his reign; lines were being drawn in the sand. Retribution followed; John Calvin, a native of France, was one of those who fled to the security of Zwingli’s Protestant movement in