2. Protestant beliefs began to take hold throughout Europe, and they were proving to be both revolutionary and opposed to authority. The Protestant’s new beliefs didn’t just challenge religious hierarchy, but it also caused strife in politics. One instance in which Protestantism defied Catholic doctrine and changed politics was the idea of a presbyterian government. Contrary to the traditional Catholic hierarchy, Calvinists supported a presbyterian system, where a council of elders made sure everyone behaved with proper conduct (lutherandcalvin). This was very new to the Catholic Church, who always had an episcopal government with a Pope to watch over the bishops. Before Protestantism, the Pope always had a totalitarian hierarchy, and his power
