The Reformation
by Gabriela Marquez
What was the change?
The Reformation is a change, a big one. It was a religious movement changing the catholic church. The cause of this was cause the Catholics weren't loyal. Indulgences was the problem of the church priests were giving pardons for sins. Martin Luther created the 95 theses on October 31, 1517 attacking the church and that's when the change began.
How did this change impact society?
The church had already been split up for other reasons but now its split up even more. Martin Luther was excommunicated from the catholic church, but he made his own religious group called the "Lutherans". They believed that ONLY thing you need for salvation is faith, his teachings were strictly from the bible only. Other people and the Lutherans were considered to be protestant that mean't to be against the pope. This was the start of the church splitting up even more like how we have it today.
John Calvin
Ever heard of predestination? John Calvin published the Institutes of the christian religion (protestant theology). The religion is by his teachings called Calvinism, in which they believe that God already knows your destination weather its heaven or hell. That is called predestination. Martin Luther did not believe in predestination.
Martin Luther
A wise man, creator of the 95 Theses. Martin Luther attacked the catholic church on October 31, 1517 when he posted this formal document on the door of castle church. Why did he d this? the Catholic church were being un-loyal they were using indulgences and that was running the church. Martin Luther was very much against this and he decided to make a change.
Guttenberg
Johann Guttenberg was the inventor of the printing press. This allowed everyone to have copy of the bible in many languages so that they can see themselves how the catholic church was not being truthful. This help the reformation a lot, because it showed that Martin Luther was correct in everything he said and did.
How did this change impact modern society today?
This changed many things in society, for example all the different churches that we have today and the tensions we have between catholic churches and the others