Causes and Effects of Protestant Reformation Comic Strip
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- Obviously, a child is always a gift of God!
- 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.
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