During the 16th century, there were many wars and disagreements between European countries. Many people were unhappy about the way they live and how it affected their lives. The reason why I am writing about the prevention of the Catholic Reformation is that I believe that the Reformation could’ve been prevented by making changes to the Catholic faith. In my opinion, I believe that this is an important event during this time because it was the spread of religious practice. So Yes, the Catholic church could have barred the reformation from happening by halting all religious and ethical problems that were causing the Reformation to happen. The Catholic church could have prevented the Reformation from happening if the Catholic Church was not …show more content…
Sales of indulgences was a major conflict between each other because it specified that a person who wanted to be saved or forgiven, was to pay for their sins and Martin didn’t believe in that. Many things that caused the Reformation from happening was the taxes imposed, the tributes taken, made increasingly apparent a difference between what was and what should be in terms of the Christian profession of faith. Luther believed in penance, which was the humility of faith and had nothing to do with atonement through works or through the payment of money. I agree with this because all Christians should be able to feel God’s mercy and salvation through supplication and through faith alone. Luther states in his excerpt “to preach Christ means to feed the soul, make it righteous, set it free, and save it, provided it believes the preaching. Martin Luther believes that salvation can heal a person by believing in the faith in God. In Martin’s excerpt “ Martin Luther’s Definition of Faith” he describes what faith to him is and what all believers of God should know what faith itself is. The human dream is an illusion. Luther described human dreams as if faith is not