The Reformation Dbq

The Reformation was an important movement during the Renaissance. Also it was initiated and shaped by one man, Martin Luther. He attended the University of Wittenberg, and while there found his answer in St.paul’s epistles, specifically in one line that said, “The just shall live by faith”(Bainton 65). In other words salvation comes through faith, not good works, not through prayer, not by fasting, not by pilgrimages, not by giving to the poor, and not by sacraments or any action that a person can take. We can never be good enough through our actions, to merit salvation. We can only have faith. Martin Luther’s new interpretation of faith grew into a full scale conflict with the Catholic Church, when a friar named John tetzel came to Wittenberg

One of the main beliefs of Calvinism was Christians could do nothing to earn salvation, because God had chosen people for salvation before they were born. Another belief was the idea of predestination this meant that If individuals were condemned there was nothing they could do about it. Calvan thought that such a belief was awful to think about. However it still attracted many followers and became very important in the Protestant Reformation. His ideas spread throughout Europe. The Reformation England was different from the rest of Europe. It started when King Henry the eighth wanted to divorce his wife. However the pope would not permit it because divorcing someone was considered a sin. Henry was not happy about this, so he confiscated 20% of all England church land and was the head of the national church of England. As predicted he allowed people to get divorced. The official name of his church was the Anglican Church. The Anglican church kept most Catholic beliefs but rejected the power of the pope. While on the topic of England Queen Elizabeth was the queen of England and therefore important at this time. Though not all liked her and England, for example Spain sent the power of 130 ships to attack her and England. This was called the Spanish Armada. To everyone's surprise England beat Spain, resulting in England becoming very

It was a gathering of high-level church officials. These church officials met between 1545 and 1563. Their goal was to reform and define the Catholic belief system. They were very focused on trying to clarify on how the Catholic faith differed from Protestant. As an example, Protestants found religious truth in the Bible alone. However, the Council taught that truth also came from the Church. The Council of Trent was not the only force behind the Counter Reformation, there were many more like the Jesuits. The Jesuits were formed in the early 1530’s by Ignatius of Loyola. In some ways the Jesuits were more alike to a military than a religious order because they had a strong central authority that commanded the order. Something important about the Jesuits was that they learned obedience and discipline. Another thing about them was that their education was based on a balance of faith and reason. An important and smart thing they did was that they studied languages so that they could spread Catholicism more effectively across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Their training is what allowed them to become such an important role in the Counter reformation.The church also made use of the Inquisition. The Inquisition was a court established to investigate people “who wander from the way of the Lord and the Catholic faith.” Church officials sometimes used torture and often used intimidation to get people to confess