The Protestant Reformation: A Religious Movement In The 16th Century

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What is the reformation all about? It was a religious movement which occurred in Western europe precisely in the 16th century that led to the division of christianity between the Catholics and the Protestants. Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural disruption that crumbled the Catholic Europe, the protestant reformation set in place the structures and confidence that define the continent in the modern era. In the central and northern parts of Europe, social reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII faced papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to define Christian practice. The reformers contended for a religious and political redistribution of power …show more content…

Division within Christianity was coerced by Luther, Calvin, zwingli. One of the belief said to have influenced the protestant reformation was the sale of indulgences. Protestant Reformation helped in a way that it supports and invested on making picture and designs known as printmaking in northern Europe. The printmaking which allows images to be mass produced and available to the public at a very low cost resulted in the widespread availability of visually impactful images. This impactful images that was spread help the protestants to express their beliefs and tradition to the people and by so doing, its brings about the spread of religious education not only in the church but into homes of people which made it seems like a direct communication between the worshippers and their God. The Protestant Revolution was effective in the religious revolution because it practically put a stop to the Catholic Church dominance in the west and it established Europe. One good way the revolution help the European civilization is that it made them realize that religious differences were not really worth fighting a long war over, this they didn't realize during the

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