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    the Catholic Church many people were dissatisfied about their faith during the Renaissance. This led to a period called the Reformation, which began in 1517. The Reformation was led by radical critics Martin Luther and John Calvin, who questioned the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, due to their selling of indulgences and stray from the Bible. The Reformation started in central Europe and spread to encompass most of the continent, during which time people left the Roman Catholic

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    The Reformation was an intellectual movement in the 14th-15th century that caused uprise in the European society. It followed the Renaissance, which allowed for freedom of ideas and cultural exchange. Leaders of the movement included Martin Luther and John Calvin, the most influential building blocks of Protestant branches of Christianity. In this era, people start to question their own beliefs and political systems. Corruption has reached a high and people are simply trying to simplify and purify

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    overview of the Reformation and what brought it about. The division of the catholic church brought about the 16th century movement of the ‘reformation’.The reformations objective was to reform the church by eliminating all corrupt practices and doctrines such as the selling of indulgences to improve the catholic church. It took place over a 100 year period between 1517-1648 and was a significant event in church history because of the consequence it brought about. Europe's reformation started in Germany

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    Reformation played a major part in the middle ages because it forced people to think differently which led to changes in architecture, painting, and literature. The reformation had to do with a lot of religious, political and intellectual ways of thinking, and it forced people to speak out on those differences. We would soon go on to see one of those changes in our Architecture all over the world. More meaning went behind the building of many catholic churches all over Europe. The next change we

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    The Reformation was a political, cultural, and religious reform of the Catholic Church and of religious beliefs. People started to question if churches were corrupt. The power and wealth churches had due to indulgences, taxes, and the secular power of Popes were all called into question as well as how the Church interpreted the Bible. New humanistic and secularist beliefs were emerging in addition to new thoughts on how to be a good Christian. The Reformation brought about new denominations of Christianity

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    The Reformation during the sixteenth century was a period of time that brought immense religious transition and the onset of questioning the traditional Catholic Church. All types of people from different social classes supported the Reformation and backed the idea of modifying the Catholic faith. King Henry VIII of England and Martin Luther of the German states, both adapted their own approach of reforming the Catholic religion, but for radically different reasons. Despite Martin Luther and King

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    The Renaissance and Reformation – two of Europe’s largest movements – grappled many of the same issues. Both these movements addressed the question of human fate and tried to make changes to entities and institutions in society. These broad similarities allow some to believe that the Renaissance and Reformation had a relationship in which the former caused the latter. However, while both the Renaissance and Reformation deal with questions of human fate and are movements of change, the answers they

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    The Protestant Reformation was a pivotal time of European history that occurred during the 16th century. The Protestant Reformation was comprised of people called “reformers” that challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to define Christian practice (“The Reformation”). The Protestant Reformation was revolutionary due to the fact that the reformers preached against everything the Catholic Church had been teaching. Some famous reformers are John Calvin and Martin Luther

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    The Papacy In the past two centuries, there was equal influence in each powerful state. However, during the sixteenth century, the Reformation and the Counter Reformation, that had occurred, made Germany into two different groups of Protestants and Catholics, both prepared to use allies to win the a war for control, if needed.Thus in 1618, Ferdinand II, heir to the throne of Bohemia, began to get rid of certain religious privileges of his subjects, they, Protestants, immediately asked for help from

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    Catholic churches’ highest peak during the ages. Yet, much speculation and riots occur due to the intense demand for reformation and Martin Luther’s attempt to bring into realization the church’s dark secrets. In the mist of division the Catholic Church in order to counter act the accusations that were made against them invested their time in the Counter-Reformation. The Counter-Reformation created a restoring of the church. The Council of Trent was created in order to help answer the questions posed

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