How Did The Development Of The Printing Press Affect Catholicism And The Catholic Church?

In document, 3 it shows how Luther used the printing press to hurt the Catholic Church by spreading his ideas quickly. Since it allowed Luther to spread his ideas quickly it gave more people access to new ideas that went against the church. Martin Luther used it to print about ⅓ of Germany's books made in 1518 through 1525. Since Luther used the printing press to spread his ideas quickly it allowed him to hurt the Catholic Church’s political power. It hurt the Catholic Church by spreading ideas quickly.

The printing press was a big invention created by Johannes Gutenberg, it allowed people to print newspapers and notes, letters and books. You didn’t have to spend years copying every single book or taking so much time to mass produce a piece of paper. I think that the most important consequence, productively, economically and religiously, of the printing press in 16th century, Europe was the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a consequence of the printing press productively because it allowed Martin Luther to print many papers to bombard his church and ruin it (Doc B).

The printing press was an invention that forever changed the world. Some may say that it was the most important discovery in terms of communication. The printing press affected many other discoveries as well as various major events such as the Age of Discovery and the Protestant Reformation. Both of these events were very important consequences of the printing press, however, the Reformation was the much more impacted consequence. The Protestant Reformation was affected by the printing press because it spread the 95 theses all over western Europe as well as spread the Gutenberg Bible, influencing and provoking questions about the Catholic religion.

Along with the rise of printing presses, there also came new religious views. Protestant ideas were able to spread because of the use of printing presses. Martin Luther was able to use the printing press to create 94 thesis that battled with the policy on indulgence. His argument with the Catholic Church had made people question the Church and rebel against it. This rebellion wasn’t just in Wittenburg, it was starting to spread throughout Europe due to the help of the printing press.

The printing press was an important factor in the development of the Reformation and Exploration. These both helped in the creation and development of the New World. Invented in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg (BGE), the printing press gave many people a new view of the world.In 1471 there were only 15 printing presses, but by 1500 there were over 200.(Doc A.) Many more people became literate and many people developed their own views of religion and what the world looked like. The printing press helped shape the world we live in today, most importantly our religions.

When the printing press was invented by Jonas Gutenberg, lots of copies of the Bible and different opinion statements were copied easier and faster. This helped people form their own opinions of what should be believed rather than taking the prestits word on it. The issues that caused the Protestant Reformation were how the Roman Catholic Church did things, the amount of power they had, and the invention of the printing press. This changed Europe because it started wars and created a way for people to interpret the Bible differently. It also helped create the Church of England.

After the Reformation, a significant amount of social changes came to light. Nevertheless, this time in history, as shown in Document 3, wouldn’t have reached the success that it did without the printing press. This was a machine that Johannes Gutenberg invented in order to spread information quickly and accurately. Martin Luther’s message was able to be easily spread throughout Europe now. And, with people having the ability to access the Bible on their own, not only was the population of Europe able to study Scripture without a priest, but also, the literacy rate in Europe dramatically increased.

For the reformation to happen the populace had to begin to notice the problems within the church. The printing press is what allowed for the information to be spread at the speed and success it did. Which allowed for the widespread reproduction and distribution of

In High schools and freshman history classes, The Reformation is covered quickly and credit is given to Martin Luther and the printing press. Children are told about the rift between the church and Lutherans, then quickly are moved over to the English Reformation and the Catholic Church’s response to these deeds. It is not until one starts to really look deeper in to the history to see that there was much more to the story than the Ninety-five thesis being the flame that started the fire of revolution. It cannot be denied that much of the motivation of the reform was theological but there are many other causes as well. The rise of nationalism, western schism, corruption of curia and the Renaissance all had a part in the movements of the

The printing press allowed for information to move around at a faster rater and in larger quantities. Also, countries could spread information with its people easier, which led to the spread of anti-protestant propaganda by the HRE. The printing press was utilised by the catholic church in order to spread propaganda against heretics, allowing for a media controlled by the catholic church telling the people what is right and wrong, and who are the enemies of the church. However, even though the printing press aided in the suppression of heretics it was also utilised by philosophers such as John Calvin and Martin Luther to spread their ideas, which were deemed heresy by the catholic church. This shows how the printing press aided both causes in spreading their ideas.

For example, Martin Luther believed that the Church was corrupt. He spread his ideas via posters, which were printed using the press that Gutenberg had developed. Some historians credit Luther for starting the Renaissance, but it is important to note that Luther’s success would not have been possible without Gutenberg. Third, Gutenberg’s invention created new religions. Taking Luther as an example again, his religion was spread using the press.

Technology in the Protestant Reformation period began when the printing

With the abundance of these new presses more documents could be mass produced and shipped all over the world. Documents like letters, maps, and a very important document known as the 95 Theses. Bibles were actually the first thing to ever come off a printing press and were the top seller. I believe the Protestant’s were more affected by the printing press because, the presses helped spread their teachings. And the Protestant religion began to spread all around Europe.

The printing press helped the Reformation because they let the Protestants have their own private bibles to read, instead of having the priest read a Bible from the pulpit. Gutenberg created the printing press so it could imitate handwritten manuscripts so that people would accept this new way of copying books. The printing press had a major affect on European civilizations. Its immediate effect was that it spread information very quickly and accurately. It helped to create a wider literate reading public.

The printing press had more important consequences on Reformation rather than exploration. This is because the printing press spread news of the Protestant Reformation, affected people’s religion and distributed Martin Luther’s teachings. Luther was a Catholic priest who was trying to change the Catholic church by trying to get rid of corruption and change the church’s actions.