Compare And Contrast The Catholic And Protestant Reformation In The 1500s
During the Catholic and Protestant reformation in the 1500s there was a shift in the people of Europe and in their culture. The European view on faith changed and they began to move more away from the rituals, and if it were not for the Reformation the Europeans would not have been able to get away from the power of the Church.
The Reformation changed the way that people saw things at this time. First it changed the way that people viewed Faith and belief. The people of Europe began to move away from the rituals of the Church and began to lean more on their own belief and that all they needed to be saved by God was there Faith. At this time the Church controlled all and if they said that a certain act had to be done to be saved it got done. So during the Reformation the idea of dropping these rituals was huge for the people and was not what they were accustomed to but it got the power out of the hands of the Church.
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The reformers, like Martin Luther, before the printing press could not spread their word very easily, but now many of them can spread their word and there are also many new translations of the Bible at this time. With the many translations of the bible the people of Europe began to read and study the bible on their own and they realize they do not need the Church like the Church says they need them. This is why the minds of the people of Europe change at this time.
The Reformation is like the slave times in the United States. The Church, or in this case the slave owners, have all the power and dominate over the people, or slaves. The a few people begin to think on their own and do the unheard and go against the Church, or the Slave owners. Then others realize what they were doing and begin to think on their own and make their own decisions and then the Church, or the slave owners, are losing their power and the people, or slaves, are
The Reformation changed the way that people saw things at this time. First it changed the way that people viewed Faith and belief. The people of Europe began to move away from the rituals of the Church and began to lean more on their own belief and that all they needed to be saved by God was there Faith. At this time the Church controlled all and if they said that a certain act had to be done to be saved it got done. So during the Reformation the idea of dropping these rituals was huge for the people and was not what they were accustomed to but it got the power out of the hands of the Church.
Another idea that was huge …show more content…
The reformers, like Martin Luther, before the printing press could not spread their word very easily, but now many of them can spread their word and there are also many new translations of the Bible at this time. With the many translations of the bible the people of Europe began to read and study the bible on their own and they realize they do not need the Church like the Church says they need them. This is why the minds of the people of Europe change at this time.
The Reformation is like the slave times in the United States. The Church, or in this case the slave owners, have all the power and dominate over the people, or slaves. The a few people begin to think on their own and do the unheard and go against the Church, or the Slave owners. Then others realize what they were doing and begin to think on their own and make their own decisions and then the Church, or the slave owners, are losing their power and the people, or slaves, are