When Martin Luther came along, Christian humanism became noticeable which is defined as an orderly movement where modern teachings from the Italian renaissance humanism expanded to northern Europe. This movement help prepare the way for the protestant reformation since the ideas of the religious humanists transformed in a significant way due to their studies of the ancient past. As depicted in chapter thirteen, it states "Like later intellectuals, Christian humanists believed that to change society, they must first change the human beings who compose it." Therefore, these thinkers viewed that human beings could refine theirselves which led them to reach that level. Since the christian humanists had faith in reform, it also created them to have
