How Did Luther Attempt To Reform The Church?

The Reformation- an event that attempted to reform the Catholic Church and development of Protestant Churches. A German monk named Martin Luther disliked the Catholic church as he believed it had a lot of power and was dishonest. In 1517 Luther wrote 95 Theses, which stands against indulgences and nailed it on to the door of his local church. He set up a new Protestant Church -Lutheran Church. When it came to Catholics and Protestant the two was different when it came to the bread and wine. The bread and wine turn into the body and blood of Christ are what the Catholics believed and it only represents Christ is what Protestants believed. The bible was also translated into German so others could read and understand it. It increased Luther's ideas and

Political factors; the Monarchs challenged the Church as the supreme power in European and saw the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged his authority, Economic; Princes and kings enjoyed the church’s wealth, Religious; many people found church practices such as the sales of indulgences unacceptable. Some people were against Luther as one of them being a German painter Hans Brosamer who depicted Martin Luther as a seven-headed monster(‘Seven-Headed Martin Luther, 1529). Luther wrote the bible in different languages(German) which caused reformers to believe in the 5 Sola’s(alone). Sola Scriptura (Bible), Sola Fide(faith), Sola Gratia (grace), Christus(Christ) and Soli Deo Gloria( to the glory of God)-(The Doctrinal Unity of the Reformers)this is what made people declare to be the only rule of faith and practice. They encouraged Christians to learn how to read and study their bibles to form a biblical theology based on the authority of scriptures alone. The Reformation had both positive and negative effects on the development of Christianity. The Church split into different religious groups ¼ of all Christians are