How dare he have children... that's against our vows!
NOW IN JOHN:3.21 IT SAYS...?? This is part of your training you MUST know this!
NOO I DONT WANT TO BE SOLD!
So corrupted! WE NEED THE PROPER EDUCATION... not buying our way through!
Cause- The church was growing corrupt due to Clergy members taking vows of chastity to abstain from sex, but some church leaders fathered children.
Times are changing! Update the Churches code!
This Church is so corrupted!
It doesn't have the right teachings!
Priests were also required to go through rigorous training in a monastery, but some church positions were sold to the highest bidder called simony.
Humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds!
Freedom from God's punishment for sin SHOULD be purchased with money!!
Effect- As a result, some clergy members were poorly educated. One of the most corrupt church practices was the selling of indulgences, a way for people to repent for their sins through good works.
For all matters of faith and conduct, the Bible is the final authority! God's grace and faith in Jesus Christ are required for salvation!
Cause-By the early 1500s, the Catholic Church was in turmoil over the controversy of corruption and its unwillingness to adopt reforms.
In Germany, a Catholic monk named Martin Luther became involved in a serious dispute with the Catholic Church.
Effect- Luther's break from the Catholic Church began the Protestant Reformation and inspired a series of new Christian denominations where reformers protested church corruptions and practices in hopes of reforming Christianity.