Something that really started things off for the protestant reformation was simply the corruption inside the Church. Giovani di Lorenzo de’ Medici, also known as Pope Leo x, really enjoyed his time in the papacy. He spent money like there was no tomorrow and it had greater circumstances than he have ever imagined. Pope Leo X loved to live extravagantly and he wanted St. Peters Basilica to show that extravagance. The problem was, The Pope did not have any money! He had already spent most of it on his lavish lifestyles, with shows and games and all sorts of entertainment going on all the time. Not to mention all the art he spent the papal treasury on, he had commissioned the great artist Raphael to do a portrait of himself. So when he went to rebuild St. Peters Basilica he had to find a way to make some money.
So you know what he did? He started handing out indulgences for “donations” but really he was just praying on people’s fears and telling them that if they bought these indulgences they would be able to have a shorter time in purgatory and get to heaven faster. He was even saying that people could buy indulgences for people who had already passed and who may be stuck in purgatory still making up for all of their sins. So basically Pope Leo X was telling all of these people, mostly peasants, that their family members wouldn’t go to heaven unless they gave a “donation” to the church. Not to say that this was exactly what Giovani de’ Medici was saying but it sure is the way that it appears. He just wanted to remodel St. Peters Basilica!
This was kind of like the final straw of corruption in the Church and led directly to Luther’s Revolt. Martin Luther, a German monk, decided to write the ninety five theses. The ninety five these...
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...pes for the church were being destroyed, a good amount of culture was lost during this religious turmoil but a lot was also gained. The rise in literacy and people’s new found ability to think for themselves brought a whole new aspect to the world and it is said that Luther actually started the concept of freedom of speech. So once we get passed all the centuries of wars and religious turmoil it created, which still can cause issues today, the protestant reformation, led by the ideas of Martin Luther, really paved way for a better world. Where we have the freedom of speech as well as religion, we can speak to God whenever we would like and we no longer need to live in fear of the corrupted Catholic Church, we now put more emphasis on family life and respectability to married life. And to think all of this started just because Luther wanted to start a simple debate.
First we will talk about Martin Luther. Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1438 and died February 18th, 1546, but his actions throughout his life leave a mark in the history world. Luther was a Catholic priest and professor of Theology from Germany. He attended the University of Wittenburg, and there, not only did he earn a doctorate, but he also gained "religious enlightenment". He is, to this day, a very influential person of the past and he changed history forever, but why? The answer is the Protestant Reformation.
After entering monastery he sought to be acceptable to God but as it may be for anyone, it was hard because what he saw in himself was sin. After reading from St. Paul, St. Augustine, and the gospels, he discovered that God was filled with mercy and compassion. Luther was exceptionally upset because the Church, at the time, was engaged in the practice of indulgences. This practice was very prevalent and frequent in the Church. Martin Luther ignited many people who believed that the Church had fallen away from the teachings of Jesus and the original meanings. They also believed that the Church was overly obsessed with money. With these beliefs, it compelled Luther to take action. In 1517, on the eve of All Saint's Day, Luther posted up on the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral, ninety-five problems with the Church. They are more popularly known as the Ninety-five
The reformation is generally associated with the publication of Martin Luther ninety five theses. It was his way to show the protest against the “business” made on religious people: the Holy Roman Empire was earning money on selling people indulgences. Martin Luther got the support of German princes, who were on the same side, but with different motives (they wanted to get autonomy). Luther was the great part of reformation, his influence was immediate, and people listened to him. One of the immediate effects of reformation can be observed in the development of that times writers. For example, Francois Rabelais satirized church, writing about their “business” in humorous way. The other writers, like Erasmus wrote more specifically about the pappy and their role in the lives of ordinary Christians. The major short term of reformation was about the informational acknowledgement, Luther told people the truth about the papacy and their actions, and the reaction of people was immediate: the loss of respect to church, papacy. These results were really strong, because people felt that, all the dogmas...
The political organization and religion aspects during the 16th century influenced Protestant Reformation to occur in Germany. Martin Luther’s writings reflect on his views and perspectives of German politics and religion at the time. Martin Luther’s ideas in the Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation and The Statement of Grievances mentions Martin Luther’s thoughts about how corrupt the church is, why the corruption in the church needs to end, and what Martin Luther’s ideas are to change the way of the church.
While numerous theological issues had been brewing for some time, the Reformation was officially began in 1517 by a man named Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a professor of biblical theology who had several issues with the Catholic Church. His complaints or disputes with the Catholic Church are known as his 95 Theses. In his 95 Theses, Martin Luther argued that God offers salvation through faith alone and that religious authority comes from the Bible alone which posed a challenge to the authority of the Catholic Church. After sparking the Reformation, Martin Luther made it his goal to incorporate the church congregation in the praise and worship part of church service. A detrimental and vital aspect of Christianity, Martin Luther believed this needed to be done. Along with his followers, Martin Luther made continuous...
Thesis statement: Martin Luther was responsible for the break-up of the Catholic Church Martin Luther was a representative during the 16th century of a desire widespread of the renewal and reform of the Catholic Church. He launched the Protestant reform a continuation of the medieval religious search. From the Middle ages, the church faced many problems such as the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism that hurt the prestige of the church. Most of the clergy lived in great luxury while most people were poor and they set an immoral example. The clergy had low education and many of them didn’t attend their offices.
There are so many causes from the Protestant Reformation. In the Protestant, there was three different sections that got affected more the the others. When the Protestant Reformation happened it affected the Sociality, Political, and Economic the most.
Martin’s 95 theses was a document of complaints and dislikes about the church. When he visited Rome and saw the corruption he was appalled because of the way things were in the church. Increasingly growing more and more angry about it he wrote his 95 theses. He wanted a change so badly that he grew bold and he got his theses printed and attached the document to the doors of the church. The pope at the time only brushed Luther’s theses off little did he know that in the near future Luther would get so much attention for his theses and gain followers as well.
Council of Chalcedon. It was just another way he found to exercise his power as the
During the Age of Reformation people were greatly against the abuses that existed in the Roman Catholic Church. A couple of abuses that were greatly stressed were the selling of indulgences, simony, and nepotism. It was some of these same abuses that prompted German reformist Martin Luther to write his 95 Theses. And for the Council of Trent to later address them in a series of meetings.
...ning of one small but powerful man, Martin Luther. Luther was a holy person himself and he began noticing the corruption in the Church. He tolerated everything till the last straw in which he saw a priest, Johann Tetzel selling indulgences. Tetzel said that for a certain amount of money, he said that he would assure their entry to heavens and as well as their dead relatives as well. This final outrage lead Luther into writing his 95 theses about indulgences. This would lead to the questioning of the Church and soon it would lead to the exposure of the Church throughout Europe by one powerful weapon that Luther had. And that was the printing press. Within a few nights, all of europe came to know the truth about the Church and many people were happy that finally, someone had told everyone about how the Church really was. Many changes occurred during this period.
...s did not have to be run by a religious leader or Monarchist and that a person’s life did not have to be centered on religion or the afterlife. If it were not for the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the world we live in now would be a much different place. The Protestant Reformation was a major building block of history, and some would say our country.
Martin Luther’s (1483-1546) actions and teachings have had a profound influence on Christian faith. His crucial decision to go on a pilgrimage to Rome (1510) enabled him to witness and act against the objectionable corruption of the Catholic Church. Luther’s teachings developed through his work at Wittenburg University where his revolutionary theology evolved from the examination of the New Testament. On 31 October 1517 Martin Luther posted the controversial 95 Thesis, condemning the corruption of the Church and sharing his beliefs and ideas such as the 5 solas. Luther started a religious revolution that resulted in the formation of a new variant of Christianity that had changes to the expression of faith and key beliefs. This Protestant Church
Throughout the middle ages, the Catholic Church faced many obstacles due the corruption within the church. In response to the corruption within the church, Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses on October 31, 1517. In his Ninety-Five Theses, Luther questioned the selling of indulgences. The selling of indulgences started when Pope Leo X wanted money to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Leo X asked Johann Tetzel a Dominican preacher to offer a plenary indulgence to whoever donated funds for the construction of the Basilica.
Why is the Catholic Church so corrupt in its teaching? They have found ways to control the knowledge that their followers contemplate on. The control of knowledge and power is the foundation for every successful religious organization. The Catholic Church have acquired this power through strategic control on the mind of its follower. The Catholic Church propagate their ideals as righteous in order to be accepted; for without this acceptance, they are faced with the task of initiating this power through force. So to beguile their followers, they present themselves in “sheep clothing” (KJV, Matt 7:15). They are accepted as blameless, peaceful, loving and harmless but in actuality, “they are ravening wolves” (KJV, Matt. 7:15).