Comparison Of The Gregorian Reform And The Protestant Reformation
All throughout history, women’s rights and roles in society have never been equal to the ones given to men. While today men and women have similar rights, centuries ago they did not. The Gregorian Reform as well as the Protestant Reformation both touched on women’s roles in society, but each reform had a different opinion on women and what type of rights they should be granted to.
The Gregorian reformation was created by Pope Greggory VII during his papacy from 1073-1085. Out of his many points, some of them were on his concerns involving women and marriage. The most important issue for opponents and supporters of Gregorian reform was clerical celibacy. Marriage and concubinage among the lower class of the clergy was already occurring, but the reform was determined to stop this. The papacy insisted on …show more content…
One of the core founders of the Protestant reformation, Martin Luther, thought that God had created men and women equal to one another. During this time period woman were able and encouraged to learn how to read. This was mainly set about so women could understand and read the bible. This is important to founders of the protestant reformation, like Luther, because the women in the family is the care taker, and by knowing the bible she would be able to biblically educate and raise her children by incorporating the bible into their daily lives. Unlike the Gregorian reformation, Luther and other Protestant reformers rejected celibacy and actually believed that marriage was good for pastors. One reason being that the wives of the pastors became role models for other wives in the faith community. By treating each sex equally, Luther thought women would be more inclined to learn about Christianity which would hopefully pass onto her kids, resulting in their religion choice being Christianity when the grow
The Gregorian reformation was created by Pope Greggory VII during his papacy from 1073-1085. Out of his many points, some of them were on his concerns involving women and marriage. The most important issue for opponents and supporters of Gregorian reform was clerical celibacy. Marriage and concubinage among the lower class of the clergy was already occurring, but the reform was determined to stop this. The papacy insisted on …show more content…
One of the core founders of the Protestant reformation, Martin Luther, thought that God had created men and women equal to one another. During this time period woman were able and encouraged to learn how to read. This was mainly set about so women could understand and read the bible. This is important to founders of the protestant reformation, like Luther, because the women in the family is the care taker, and by knowing the bible she would be able to biblically educate and raise her children by incorporating the bible into their daily lives. Unlike the Gregorian reformation, Luther and other Protestant reformers rejected celibacy and actually believed that marriage was good for pastors. One reason being that the wives of the pastors became role models for other wives in the faith community. By treating each sex equally, Luther thought women would be more inclined to learn about Christianity which would hopefully pass onto her kids, resulting in their religion choice being Christianity when the grow