Martin Luther's 95 Thesis: Explaining The Protestant Reformation

Explaining the Protestant Reformation: The most important aspects of the Protestant Reformation are Martin Luther's 95 thesis, those who supported Martin Luther and why, diet of worms, importance of Huldrych Zwingli, Catholic counter-reformation, and Council of Trent. These are the most important aspects of the Protestant Reformation because they are the key events or elements that lead up to and helped complete the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther's 95 thesis is a list of abuses Martin Luther posted on the church in Wittenberg, Germany appealing to the local bishop to seek correction to the abuses which Martin claimed the Catholic Church made. Martin Luther's 95 thesis is very important to the Protestant Reformation because Martin Luther was not a rebel, he didn't want to start his own religion. All Martin Luther was trying to do was to stop the Catholic Church from condoning practices that he believed were unchristian and sinful. Martin Luther had a big problem with the church selling indulgences, indulgences are a redemption of punishment a sinner would have received in purgatory, usually granted by renaissance priests in order to pay for Church expenses. Martin Luther didn't believe that …show more content…
It would have taken longer, but it would have happened. Before and after Martin Luther the Catholic Church had been experiencing Catholic Reformation and heresy. Martin Luther wasn't the first one or the last one to have this idea. By the sixteenth century, a few years after the Protestant reformation, there were a lot of Catholic's such as Erasmus of Rotterdam that were unhappy with the church. When you look at all of the dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church among the lay people such as, Zwingli, Calvin, and Henry VIII; it is quite obvious that this topic would have blown up even without Martin Luther