The rise of the Reformation was unlike any other. There were many things that were happening at the same time that caused an opening for people to elude from their traditional ways into a new, reformed system. The Reformation became successful when it did because of when and where it was happening. First off, the Catholic Church in Europe was misusing the trust of the people by performing acts, some would say, was theft. One of the first issues people had with the church was how authoritative their calendar were. According to The Western Heritage by Kagan, Ozment, Turner, and Frank, about 1/3 of the year was devoted to religious activity, frequent fasting was heavily advised, and ¼ of the year was sacrificed in the means of limitations on food. In addition to left of time, many of the clergies became hypocritical of religious doctrines like their rules on celibacy and marriage meanwhile the Church …show more content…
After the Protestant triumphed and the traditional Mass and other religious practices were removed, Geneva adopted the Reformation. Shortly after this occurred, John Calvin made an unexpected detour to Geneva. He saw the opportunity to establish a new doctrine and create a disciplined society. He acted on this and created a “new papacy.” A man named Bern (a powerful Protestant ally), began to restore traditional religious ceremonies and holidays that Calvin had abolish and out of fear of the old system, people who disagreed soon became exiled from the city along with any other reformers who opposed their actions. Calvin thus became the pastor to French exiles and wrote biblical commentaries on the side. When the time came, Geneva got rid of Bern and invited Calvin back into the city. Calvin spent no delay and started making changes to the Church and developed cooperation between the government and the