Western Religion During The Middle Ages

During the shaping of the west religion played a huge role throughout the years, especially during the middle ages. The fourteenth century is when when many forms of Christianity spread in what we now know now as Europe.The kings during this period pretty much made everyone in their relm convert to Roman Catholicism, until King Henry VIII broke ties from the traditional Catholic church.The breaking ties from roman catholic institutions and the renaissance both caused problems and solutions during this time period. Religion even played its part in foreign relations. Whether higher officials were trying to get other cultures to convert to Catholic, or starting wars over Religious debates, it found its way into almost every aspect of people's lives.
This ultimately challenged the Roman Catholic Church because it caused so much of a debate. Before this the throne and the Roman Catholic church were hand in hand. With that being said, many Kings enforced Roman Catholic traditions. These practices include, “fervent prayers, fasting, intense reading if the bible”. (292) Luther's reformation contended that from doing these practices, one does not gain salvation from them. He believed that one can only obtain faith within god is through internal pleasures. For example, “Luther argued that faith, not good works, saved sinners from dammination.” (451) .From there many religion differences began to form, sooner or later, not only did this start to shape what people believed in, it also shaped the course of their actions.Thus, making King Henry break ties from the traditional Roman Catholic ways.After this, many forms of Christianity soon started to dominate over other religions in the