The Protestant and Catholic Reformation was a 16th century schism in Catholic Europe. The Protestants and Catholics had different thoughts on how the church should run. Protestants thought that the Church in Europe needed to change and the religion should be based on belief rather than tradition. The Catholic Church tried to protect its traditions, but changed some things such as stopped the sale of indulgences (History.com Staff).
Driven by a hatred of clerical corruption, Protestant reformers pushed the idea that the Bible was the only divine authority. The Reformation created a new social and political framework. Reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, and Henry VIII questioned papal authority. They thought that the Bible should have power over religious and political matters, and they also didn’t think the church had ability to define Christian practices. They also believed the church’s main source of authority should come from belief rather than tradition (Sider) (Clement) (History.com Staff). Martin Luther, most notable of these reformers, was an Augustinian monk and lecturer at a university in Wittenberg who wrote his notable “95 Theses” and posted them to a cathedral door in Germany. He used the revolutionary printing press, to write and publish his theses, which, among …show more content…
Edward VI, son of Henry and Jane Seymour, moved England towards a Calvinist model of Protestantism. Edward VI took over the throne at the age of nine, with his father’s death occurring six years later. Mary I took over the throne after Edward VI’s death. During her five year reign, Mary I steered England toward Catholicism. Elizabeth I took over the throne after the death of Mary I. Her reign was the longest of the Tudor monarchs, and she reentered into her father’s religious reforms. She placed the English Church as a midpoint between Calvinism and Catholicism (Histoy.com
Driven by a hatred of clerical corruption, Protestant reformers pushed the idea that the Bible was the only divine authority. The Reformation created a new social and political framework. Reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, and Henry VIII questioned papal authority. They thought that the Bible should have power over religious and political matters, and they also didn’t think the church had ability to define Christian practices. They also believed the church’s main source of authority should come from belief rather than tradition (Sider) (Clement) (History.com Staff). Martin Luther, most notable of these reformers, was an Augustinian monk and lecturer at a university in Wittenberg who wrote his notable “95 Theses” and posted them to a cathedral door in Germany. He used the revolutionary printing press, to write and publish his theses, which, among …show more content…
Edward VI, son of Henry and Jane Seymour, moved England towards a Calvinist model of Protestantism. Edward VI took over the throne at the age of nine, with his father’s death occurring six years later. Mary I took over the throne after Edward VI’s death. During her five year reign, Mary I steered England toward Catholicism. Elizabeth I took over the throne after the death of Mary I. Her reign was the longest of the Tudor monarchs, and she reentered into her father’s religious reforms. She placed the English Church as a midpoint between Calvinism and Catholicism (Histoy.com