The protestant reformation was the religious, political, intellectual, and cultural disruption that divided the believers in the catholic church and europe overall. The protestant reformation took place at the beginning of 1517, because of Martin Luther and his 95 theses.The protestant reformation divided cities and the people within it all because of the people who supported different sides of europe and who had different ideas of how the catholic church should be reformed.
Martin Luther noticed that there were problems within the church, such as the sale of indulgences. The purchase of an indulgence cleared away your sins and shortened your time in purgatory, but martin luther saw a flaw in that practice. He noticed that the cost of an …show more content…
John Knox was exiled in england and he returned to scotland where he began to reform the church. John Calvin was also a protestant reformation leader that had more influence in germany than Martin Luther was (he was also Martin Luther's successor) he established unemotional ideas to the reformation of the catholic church forming the idea of calvinism. And Ulrich Zwingli was also a leader in the protestant reformation. He believed that the taking of communion and the scripture Matthew 26:26-30 “Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying,”take this and eat it for this is my body.” 27. And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to god for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it, 28. For this is my blood which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.” was only saying that the bread and wine was only a symbol of christ and his body and blood. It wasn’t truly the miracle of the bread and wine becoming him with the consumption of the bread and wine. Which caused a clash between him and the other churches of the
Martin Luther noticed that there were problems within the church, such as the sale of indulgences. The purchase of an indulgence cleared away your sins and shortened your time in purgatory, but martin luther saw a flaw in that practice. He noticed that the cost of an …show more content…
John Knox was exiled in england and he returned to scotland where he began to reform the church. John Calvin was also a protestant reformation leader that had more influence in germany than Martin Luther was (he was also Martin Luther's successor) he established unemotional ideas to the reformation of the catholic church forming the idea of calvinism. And Ulrich Zwingli was also a leader in the protestant reformation. He believed that the taking of communion and the scripture Matthew 26:26-30 “Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying,”take this and eat it for this is my body.” 27. And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to god for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it, 28. For this is my blood which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.” was only saying that the bread and wine was only a symbol of christ and his body and blood. It wasn’t truly the miracle of the bread and wine becoming him with the consumption of the bread and wine. Which caused a clash between him and the other churches of the