The Reformation
Change Over Time
The Actually Change Over Time
The Reformation was a religious movement that ended up splitting up the Roman Catholic Church.The church split after the people began reading the bible when it was translated into their vernacular language.Once the people began to read the bible, they began interpreting it in their own way.This lead them to think that the Pope was leading the religion wrong.The people protested against the church and separated themselves from it. After leaving the church, they established themselves as the Protestants and began Protestantism. The separation caused people to believe that the split was bound to happen, while others thought that the Pope could have tried harder to prevent the split. On the bright side, the people became independent.
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A comic on The Reformation
Reformation Wordle
Many words of the Reformation put into a wordle
The Tree
The Tree that shows the process
Some Of The Important People Involved In The Reformation
Martin Luther
He was a German monk that just wanted to be a Christian.When he didn't feel like he was getting attention, he decided to study the bible.By studying the bible, Luther concluded on that faith alone was the key to salvation.Afterwards,Luther wrote the 95 theses that went against indulgences.Luther stood up to those that gave people the impression that buying indulgences could buy salvation.After copies of the 95 theses was spread around Germany,Luther gained many followers.This lead to the founding of Christian Churches that didn't accept the authority of the Pope.
John Calvin
Although he liked the way Luther took action,he didn't agree with everything he said.He started going his own way with his own thinking.He ended up publishing a book that expressed his ideas about God,salvation,and human nature. Along with his book he had a belief that everyone was sinful by nature and that we could not earn salvation.His belief also included that God would only choose a few people to save because, according to Calvin God had known from the beginning who he was going to save.Also known as Predestination.Another belief of his is that the ideal government was a theocracy.It is also a known fact that many Protestant churches actually trace their roots to Calvin.
Ignatius Loyal
After being injured in a war,Loyal started thinking about sins and the life of Jesus.He wrote a book,called The Daily Devotions,that laid out a day-by-day plan of meditation, prayer,and study.The following 18 years he gained many followers.The Pope ended up creating a religious order,because he like that Loyal surrounded his beliefs around Jesus.The religious order for his followers was called the Society of Jesus.The members of the order were called Jesuits.
Henry VIII
At first Henry was on the Pope's good side because he went against everything Luther said.He got the title Defender of The Faith from the Pope.Once Henry got married and felt that his wife was too old to have a baby boy he wanted a divorce.When the Pope refused to annual his marriage,Henry decide to go against the Pope and he began a political movement where he created the Church of England.
Impact On Society
This whole movement created many different churches.Before the people were afraid of going against the church.They believed everything the Pope said because the where naive. After the movement they started believing whatever they wanted to believe because, it gave them some independence. It was also a wake up call for the Church and the Pope. It was hard for the Pope to fix his mistakes, but he got some of his people back, like a really small amount. The worst part is that people died during this movement. But it all lead to people being free to think on their own. They could now interpret the bible their own unique way.
Modern Society
Now, most of the churches that were created still exist. There is not many around but they still exist. All these churches have their own version of the bible. There still are followers for these churches, but not a big amount. For that reason many people don't think Protestantism is important anymore. It's funny how we know the churches are around us but we never see them. It's like they really just aren't that important for us to bother finding them