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How Did The Reformation Shape The Modern World

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Although many events in history including the Renaissance have helped shape the modern world, the Reformation has been highly influential with long-term results. “The Reformation in Europe during the 16th century was one of the most important epochs in the history of the world.” The Reformation consisted of two acts; the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, both shaping the modern world. Without the Reformation happening, the modern world would be completely different.
Even though the Renaissance has played an important role in modern societies, the Reformation has been more beneficial. The Renaissance was a “rebirth” of Europe, fixing up the messes left behind from the Dark Ages. Along with the Renaissance came new arts, inventions, and a rise in education. The Reformation has given more meaningful outcomes, like the Bible. The Reformation changed the Roman Catholic church, continuing to influence churches today. …show more content…

The church was abusing power, and many people were unhappy about it. Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic, and geo-political changes as the result of a conflict within the Catholic church, the Protestant Reformation. This movement started in 1517 when a man named Martin Luther posted a list of grievances, called the Ninety-Five Theses, against the Roman Catholic Church. The church’s response to this conflict was the Counter-Reformation. This movement was the Roman Catholic church in the 16th and 17th centuries that tried to eliminate abuses within that church and to respond to the Protestant Reformation. Luther's Protestantism had by and large beneficially cleaned up the decadence of church accoutrements. These two events in history have changed the world, and It is impossible to understand modern history apart from the

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