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The protestant reformation
Was a religious movement which began in the first half of the 16th century. It instigated the division of the Christian Church and the founding of protestant churches.
Causes
The bad example set by the high clergy
The church's wealth
The buying and selling of ecclesiastical positions
The sale of indulgences
The low clergy's lack of training
The spread of the reformation
Lutheranism spread rapidly across northern Europe
The movement also diversified and other reformers appeared with new doctrines
Henry VIII
John Calvin
Ultricht Zwingl
Luther's break from Rome
His main principal ideas
Forgiveness and salvation do not depend on the good deeds a person does in life, but on faith and God's will
Rejection of the veneration of the Virgin Mary, saints and holy relics. Rejection of the sacraments, except for baptism and the Eucharist
Free interpretation of the Bible
Opposition to the Church owning property
Martin Luther
He published 95 Theses in 1517, criticising the sale of indulgences and other bad practices carried out by the ecclesiastical hierarchy
This marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformatio
The German priest Martin Luther was scandalised by corruption in the Church