Question one:
Describe some of the things in the Catholic Church that people like Martin Luther and John Calvin said needed reforming ?
Before the Reformation most Christians in Europe where Roman Catholic, there were other types of Christians in Eastern Europe,Asia and Africa but Roman catholicism was the dominant form of Christianity and had been since the 4th century. During the European Middle ages the Catholic Church really dominated european civilization.The Church during the middle ages was very powerful as they owned over 1/3 of all the land in Europe which helped to make it the most powerful economic political force on the continent. During these times the Church was a very substantial institution controlling mostly everything in Europe. The Church provided all the social services,ran orphanages and provided what education was available.These days Bibles can be found almost anywhere, during the Middle ages the Bible was only available in Latin and most europeans in there life would only meet one person who could read the bible which …show more content…
The Council of trent was held between the years 1545 and 1563 located in Trent Italy, there was 25 sessions of the council divided into 3 periods. The Council of Trent was called by Pope Paul III who really did become fully aware of the abuse the Catholic Church was causing at this particular time, it came to his attention that the Catholic Church was causing more harm than good and that the church really needed a Catholic Reform. With Pope Paul new religious orders such as Jesuits were introduced to the Church in the spirit of the reformation.The purpose of the Council was to strengthen the Church and cure the broken relationships with the Protestants.They invited some Protestants to attend,but they did not due to fear of retaliation from the
Describe some of the things in the Catholic Church that people like Martin Luther and John Calvin said needed reforming ?
Before the Reformation most Christians in Europe where Roman Catholic, there were other types of Christians in Eastern Europe,Asia and Africa but Roman catholicism was the dominant form of Christianity and had been since the 4th century. During the European Middle ages the Catholic Church really dominated european civilization.The Church during the middle ages was very powerful as they owned over 1/3 of all the land in Europe which helped to make it the most powerful economic political force on the continent. During these times the Church was a very substantial institution controlling mostly everything in Europe. The Church provided all the social services,ran orphanages and provided what education was available.These days Bibles can be found almost anywhere, during the Middle ages the Bible was only available in Latin and most europeans in there life would only meet one person who could read the bible which …show more content…
The Council of trent was held between the years 1545 and 1563 located in Trent Italy, there was 25 sessions of the council divided into 3 periods. The Council of Trent was called by Pope Paul III who really did become fully aware of the abuse the Catholic Church was causing at this particular time, it came to his attention that the Catholic Church was causing more harm than good and that the church really needed a Catholic Reform. With Pope Paul new religious orders such as Jesuits were introduced to the Church in the spirit of the reformation.The purpose of the Council was to strengthen the Church and cure the broken relationships with the Protestants.They invited some Protestants to attend,but they did not due to fear of retaliation from the