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Protestant Reformation (Reasons for Luther's break from the Catholic…

- - - - Luther was a monk and a German Bible preaching professor. He believed that humans could not put in good work earn salvation back against God. Justification by faith became the idea of teaching of the Protestant Reformation. By studying the Bible, Luther and his Lutherans used it as their only valid source of teaching.
    - - Christian Humanism otherwise known as Northern Renaissance humanism, was known for its major reform of the Catholic Church. They believed in the improving of themselves, human beings reasoning, and if people would read the Bible more often, they would be more religious. The last thought would surface the reform of society and the Church.
    - - Erasmus impacted the Origins of Protestant Reformation in many ways. He believed that a person should live a good life on a daily basis, and that Christianity should not focus on life-saving beliefs. Additionally, he believed that the Catholic Church should restrict pilgrimages, fasting, and relics because they were not important as religious feelings. To stress his opinion, he wrote a book named The Praise of Folly, which humorously critized the Church with its morals and teachings of pure faith.
- - - - Peace of Augsburg
        
        This peace agreement was accepted between of Christianity in Germany. German states were not formally allowed to chose between the religions Lutherism and Catholicism. Luther states were not equally balanced as German states, and German rulers could now determine which religion would be major in the kingdom.