Germany: Martin Luther (1483-1546) was an Augustinian monk and university lecturer in Wittenberg who decided to create Lutheranism because he did not agree with some of the Pope’s teachings at that time. Switzerland: Ulrich Zwingli created Calvinism a religion like Lutheranism but stressed the beliefs of God’s power and humanity’s destined fate.
England: King Henry the VIII created Anglicanism a religion so he could divorce his wife. France: The Huguenots created their religion as mix of everything at the time for France. Scotland: John Knox was the creator of Presbyterian a religion that would be Scotland’s. The results where a mix of different types of Christian churches with different rules.
The reason people wanted to reform from the church was that some people did not agree with what the church was trying to teach. Pope Paul III is considered the first pope of the Counter-Reformation he was head of the Council of Trent. The Council of Trent’s goal was to help put the church back together and end the corruption in the church. The Inquisition was a group of organizations within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to contest heresy. St. Teresa along with St. John of the cross worked in Spain to sort out things. They also worked on being spiritual