The Protestant Reformation
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- I'm King Henry VIII. I created the Anglican Church.
- I'm Martin Luther. I am a German Monk and translated the Bible.
- I'm John Calvin. I believe in predestination.
- I feel that the Church has gone wrong.
- I believe that mankind cannot control or change anything in this earth life.
- Wow, I never thought of this before.
- The Reformation splits the Catholic church forming a new type of Christianity (Protestantism). Martin Luther, Henry VIII and John Calvin were all part of this significant event.
- My wife cannot produce a male heir and I wish to divorce her.
- The Roman Catholic Church does not support divorce.
- Martin Luther didn't agree with the idea of indulgences and wrote a thesis on called the Ninety-Five thesis. He nailed this thesis to the door of the Church.
- Protestantism is wrong!
- Catholicism is wrong.
- Calvin preaches his ideas on predestination and the Christian religion. He wanted to set up a theocracy (religious leaders rule the government). Calvin writes his theology and publishes his theological book: Institutes of the Christian Religion.
- The reformation helped us to be more free in our religion.
- Henry VIII didn't agree with the law that he couldn't divorce. He split away from the Roman Catholic Church and created a new one so that he could achieve this called the Church of England.
- Many wars occurred from arguments surrounding the reformation. One of these was The Thirty Years War fought in Germany, killing around 25-40% of the population in Germany.
- The Protestant Reformation impacted many and ideologies, as over 30,000 protestant denominations formed over time and changed the laws and beliefs of the Catholic Church for the greater good.
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