How would you describe the condition of the Catholic Church on the eve of the Protestant Reformation? In the time right before the reformation‚ there was a mixture of corruption and piety throughout‚ so to say that the whole church was absolutely corrupt or absolutely pious would be an err. We see dramatic events such as feasts‚ pilgrimages‚ high mass and famous preachers were highly sought after‚ but regular devotions and mass were in decline. In the state of the churchmen‚ we can see that
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success in the printing press‚ The Protestant Reformation would not nearly been as widespread. ________________________________________ Notes Cook • The Printing Press Quotes: "The roughly simultaneous development of the Printing Press resulted in the widespread dissemination of the Protestant ideas and won many converts to the cause of religious reform. People took their religion very seriously‚ and disagreements between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics soon warmed from debate to civil war
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were known as “Nationalists” they were people who felt as though these groups of citizens should have control over their government and country rather than leaving control in the hands of the aristocratic elite‚ or the hands of distant power. This is how nationalism was successful in challenging the governments of small kingdoms‚ or large empires‚ this in part it what made it a defining political institution of modern age (Getz‚ T. R. & Brooke J. E.‚ 2012). There is also another definition of nationalism
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was slow to enter the colonization race because they had to go against the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a revolt that was against the abuses and control of the Roman Catholic Church. With angry English people‚ it was hard for the government to start the process of colonization. In order to begin the colonization race‚ the government had to stop the Protestant Reformation. After defeating the Protestant Reformation‚ England could finally look ahead at getting into the colonization
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Protestant Reformation The protestant reformation was a schism from the Roman Catholic Church started by Martin Luther. Luther was the driving force behind the reformation‚ and was essentially the one who called for action. The reformation was aimed initially to change or alter some ideas that the Catholic church had added or had. The protestant reformation was driven by ambitious political leaders who disagreed with the ideas of the church and wanted change. The main point of the protestant
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formed as a result of the Protestant Reformation. So what was the Protestant Reformation and how has it shaped Christianity today? In the early 1500s there was only one church‚ the Catholic Church (which we now call the Roman Catholic Church) which was and still is led by a Pope. The different denominations we have now are a result of the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a movement led by German monk Martin Luther‚ that was aimed at reforming the Catholic Church and began with the
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by 1200 years. The Protestant Reformation was a movement that was began in 1517‚ by a priest‚ professor of theology and later author named Martin Luther‚ in a small village in Germany‚ that changed the course of history and religion as we know it today. Most of the impact that it made in its time is still effective today. Luther became famous for not only altering the face of religion‚ but also for penning the 95 Thesis‚ a outrage against religious practices in the Roman Catholic church and pinning
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Reformation Webquest: Section 1: Life of Martin Luther 1. Fill out the graphic organizer using http://www.luther.de/en/moench.html Life of Martin Luther After visiting his parents‚ he was caught in a terrible thunderstorm. During the storm lightning struck near him‚ and he was thrown to the ground. At this moment he called to Saint Anne‚ and declared: “I will become a monk.” Why did he decide to become a Monk? When did he decide to become a Monk? During a terrible storm. When
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I feel that both the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution have had an equal influence on the religious nature of Europe in 1500 to 1800. But I also am convinced that the Scientific Revolution had a longer lasting influence in Europe. The Reformation destroyed the unity of faith and religious organization of the Christian peoples of Europe‚ cut many millions off from the true Catholic Church‚ and robbed them of the greatest portion of the valuable means for the cultivation and maintenance
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The Printing Press and the Protestant Reformation The Renaissance era has been frequently defined as a “bridge” between the Middle Ages and the Modern era. It was a cultural movement that spread approximately throughout the 14th and 17th century. It affected literature‚ art‚ politics‚ philosophy‚ religion and science. Scholars desperately searched for humanistic answers to life. Because of this movement‚ many great inventions were thought of and completed‚ which was the very start to the “bridge
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