The Reformation Dbq

During the Renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation were an interesting points in history that sparked change in the churches. The main reason the Reformation took place is because Martin Luther wanted to change the Catholic Church and their practices. Martin Luther wrote 95 theses to combat the practices of the church because he wanted to show the sins that were in them. For example, some of his theses included: the selling of church services (funerals), selling indulgences (paying your way out of hell), and using texts other than the Bible in sermons.
What came from the Reformation were the Lutherans, also known as the Protestants, who diverted away from the Catholics. The Lutherans and Catholics were different in multiple ways. The Lutherans (Protestants) believed that the Bible should be the direct source of information about the Christian faith. They believed that people should have a “direct relationship to God” and could freely talk and worship him all they wanted. The Catholics had a hierarchy about the way you went to talk to the Lord. You had to be of a certain ranking in the church, for example a bishop, to be able to talk to the Lord. Now, Lutherans and Catholics did study …show more content…
Unlike Catholic service where there would be the Mass and the canonical hours, the Protestants had just the Mass and an evening service and the sermons were done during those times. The Protestant service spoke in a mix of Latin and vernacular; the Catholic service spoke solely in Latin. Next, the Protestants encouraged the congregation to participate in the singing of hymns, not just a selected choir like in the Catholic service. In the Protestants’ service, the congregation sang in chorale style, which was a monophonic rhythmic melody or “religious folk song” that followed an AAB format, with a strophic text. The Protestants used secular music and changed it to be sacred, by changing the text, for their