The Protestant Reformation And The Reformation

The difference between the Catholic Reformation and the Counter Reformation is that the Catholic Reformation includes the Counter Reformation as well as a drive for the internal reformation of the church and church officials whereas the Counter Reformation is a movement that directly responded to the Protestant reformation. The Catholic Reformation focuses on the reforming and improvement of Catholicism in general instead of the responding to Protestantism. Since there was so much corruption throughout the Roman Catholic Church, there needed to be reform among the church officials and the Catholic Reformation focused on that. However, the Counter Reformation was launched in order to oppose the Protestant Reformation intellectually, politically,

a counter to the religious authoritative rules set in place by society. Many citizens saw

In 1527, King Henry VIII of England filed for divorce from his wife, Catherine. As insignificant as this event may seem, it actually marked the beginning of a religious and political reform from the corrupted Roman Catholic Church: the English Reformation. The English Reformation wasn’t the only movement that led to the separation from the Catholic Church, though. The Protestant Reformation, starting only ten years before the English Reformation did, first recognized the corruption of the Catholic Church. The English Reformation noticed the corruptions of the Catholic Church, but was more focused on creating new political and religious authority. Both of these reformations relate to one another greatly, but are still considered to be individual movements. Papal authority was stripped during these reformations, and all of Europe lived differently afterwards. While Catholicism still existed after the reformations and is still practiced today, many new religions exist today as an effect of the reformations. The political power that the Church held diminished and was replaced by the English state. Both the Protestant Reformation and English Reformation impacted the political power and religion of the Catholic Church and all of Europe. Without these movements, Christian religion would not be what it is today.

The protestant reformation happened around the 16th century where there was an abundant change was occurring in europe. Many religions began to sprang throughout the world in which would rival the Catholic church and this created a problematic task for them to overcome. Many people started to doubt the way that the church was portraying their teachings and this would would ultimately lead the path to the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. Many people stopped viewing the pope as God’s right hand man, but instead began to see him as more of a religious money hungry individual that doesn't even care for his follower’s spiritual needs. This inspire people to believe they can construct a relationship with God through personal worship. Worshiping at home allowed the people feel less attached to the church due to the flaws of the church was portraying at the time. The catholic church was challenged by a few individuals who spoke out about these problems, this allowed the church to modify its ways and revive the people and their faith in the church. Martin Luther and John Calvin were the two major factor in reviving christianity from damnation by speaking out against the Roman Catholic Church.

Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany (Michael J. O’Neal/Sydney Jones, 225). According to a legend, Martin Luther was riding a horse when a storm struck and he was hit by lightening. He said: “Help, Sainte Anne! I’ll become a monk.” He was saved and made an Augustinian monk (Michael J. O’Neal/Sydney Jones, 226). Two years later, Luther was ordained and began teaching at the University of Wittenberg. In 1512 he earned a doctorate in theology (Lutheranism).

Both the Protestant Reformation as well as the Inquisition made immense impacts on the religious society of western civilizations in Europe during 16th century. Both of the very important movements changed the regular Roman Catholic churches forever.  The Protestant Reformation was a movement when groups of people left the Roman Catholic church in hope for a change. This schism was run by Martin Luther and other protestant reformers during the 1500’s and 1600’s. Another movement that changed the Catholic church forever is the Inquisition, which lasted roughly 700 years. The Inquisition was a time of punishing heretics, or people who were guilty of heresy.

Martin Luther was a great writer. He was born in 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. He secretly spent his early years as a monk and scholar. He would later become known as one of the most remembered figures in religious history. Luther has been known many years by his faith. In 1510 – 1511, Luther attended the University of Erfurt because his dad wanted him to be a lawyer. Later his studies led him to quit trying to become a lawyer and began to live life as a monk. His life as a monk came about because he was trapped in a storm and was struck by lightning. He called out to God for help saying he would become a monk if he saved him. So when the storm was over he kept his promise to God and became a monk.

Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Saxony, which is now Germany in 1483. Martin’s parents are Hans and Margaretta Luther. Both of his parents were peasants. His father was a hard worker he started off in the mines and ended up owning several small mines. Hans Luther became a small scales businessman. Martin went the Latin school at Mansfeld in 1490. Then he went to Magdeburg in 1497. Then he went to Eisenach in 1498. Martin’s father wanted him to be a lawyer to keep the success going in there family, which his father had started. Martin enrolled at the University of Erfurt in 1501. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1502 and a master of arts in 1505. That same year he enrolled in the instructors of law. In between the years of 1503 and 1505, he went through a religion change that took him away from being a lawyer.

Martin Luther was born in Saxony (today, a part of Germany) on November 10, 1483. He received the typical religious education of the time and learned all the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church. After graduating from university Luther entered the monastery, believing that life as a monk was the highest

Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1483 to Hans and Margarethe Luther. He was born in Eisleben, Germany near the Hartz Mountains. He was born in a common middle-age house, high roof that was all red tile, windows made of a substance called horn, or a translucent type of marble, and dirt floors. Even though Luther was born in Eisleben, he was only raised there until he was six months old. When he was six months old his family moved to Mansfeld, Germany. Here Luther’s father became a successful miner. His father took Luther to school while he was still very young. Martin lived in the village’s lower half, and the school was located in the upper part. This resulted in Luther’s father carrying Luther to school every day, and when his father

Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483, in Eisleben, Saxony [Germany], to Hans and Margaret Ziegier Luther (Martin). There are only a few details about his childhood, but Martin Luther went to a Latin school in Mansfield and studied law in 1505, but dropped out after a life event that caused him to become a monk (Martin). He was “caught in a thunderstorm and was dashed to the ground by a bolt of lightning” (Martin), then committed himself to God, saying he would become a monk if God saved him. He played a big role in the Reformation, then passed away on February 18, 1546, back at his birthplace in Eisleben. Since he lived in Germany, Martin Luther had a very close connection to the Renaissance and the Reformation as

Luther was a monk from Germany who began the Protestant reformation. Luther was born on November 10th 1483 in Eisleben Saxony. Luther was well on his way to becoming a lawyer but then he encountered a life changing event. Luther was caught in a horrific storm in which he feared for his life. Luther screamed out to the patron saint of miners, St. Anne “Save me, St. Anne, and I’ll become a monk!” As soon as he said this the storm subsided and he was saved. Luther’s decision to become a monk was very difficult and it hugely disappointed his father. When Luther became a monk he discovered all the false information that the catholic church was preaching and was very unhappy with this. Luther wrote the 95 thesis and thus disagreed with what the catholic church was breaching. This act of defiance caused the church to move in and on in October 1518 they held a meeting with Cardinal Thomas Cajetan. Luther was ordered to recant but Luther refused unless he was proven wrong by scripture. Throughout 1519 Luther continued to write about the wrong doings of the church. Luther declared that the pope had no exclusive right to interpret scripture. This was the popes last straw and the pope issued an ultimatum which threatened Luther of excommunication, Luther burned this letter. During 1521 Mart Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. During this time Luther was summed by the Diet of Worms and again

Religion has never been an easy topic to chew on when it comes to multiple countries, it does not get any better when multiple wars are started because of a disagreement in how to worship. The Protestant Reformation was a widespread epidemic that started with Martin Luther noticing severe problems in the way the Roman Catholic Church was running, and that there were simple and more holy methods and worshipping God, leading to the creation of Lutheranism. There was an uproar in Germany over this new reformation, and it caught the attention of John Calvin who then strove to create Calvinism with the idea that one could not save themselves, their destination was already set. All through Europe there was conflict over what the Roman Catholic church was doing, and it had impacted multiple standards throughout all of Europe. In this essay, there will be descriptions of how the Protestant Reformation inflicted deep damage on Renaissance Europe via deep social pressures, heavy political moves, and relatively few, but heavily placed economical actions.

Martin Luther was more than just a writer, and a priest, he was also the leader of the reformation. Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 Eisleben, Germany. Eisleben is a city in southeast Germany. Hans and Margarette Luther were Martin's parents, which both came from poor families. Hans Luther had favorable outcome in the mining and ore smelting business. In the year of 1484 Martin Luther and his family moved to Mansfield, Germany where his father had assets in ore. Hans did not want his son to be in tough and unforgiving mining business , instead he wanted Luther to be an attorney. At the time of seven years old Luther was entered into a private school in Mansfield. When

Martin Luther was born at Eisleben in Saxony. Since his father was a miner, it was a great distress on him to send Martin to school and then to the University of Erfurt. There is where he earned his master's degree at the young age of twenty-one. (Erikson, 39) Although his father wished him to study law, Martin, after being terribly frightened in a thunderstorm, vowed to become a friar. In