Martin Luther's 95 Theses: Renaissance And The Protestant Reformation

Renaissance means a "rupture" with the unity that until then had been "supranational".
Renaissance is the name given to the extensive movement of cultural revitalization that takes place in Western Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A new mentality emerged that manifested itself in the intellectual, cultural, religious, and artistic spheres. There are several cultural changes; humanism, intellectual movement and renaissance, artistic style. There are also some changes of mentality because of the religious crisis and the Protestant Reformation. As Martin Luther, author of the “95 Theses”, coments: “ This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy”. They were changing the way they think, and the clergy did not like those changes. As we had talked in class, two worlds were growing together at that time; secular and scared.
At that time, the mentality that God is the center of everything and man accepts life as an expression of will (theocentric) is breaking. The Earth is not anymore the center of the
The reform was called for an internal renewal of the church. Eventhood this was a new movement wanted by the church, the reform took place as a revolt against it and an abandonment of the main religious beliefs. At the same time, started the rupture of Christian unity in Europe, and the appearance of the Protestant church. The rupture of Christian unity in Europe was caused by many facts such as the corruption of the clergy, the relaxation of the customs, and above all the sale of indulgences. Although, in the church there were voices and concerns that manipulated the thoughts of the population in order to started a religious relaxation. The flow of humanistic thought was a new vision of man and the emergence of a critical