The_Reformation_As_A_Result_Of_The_Renaissance

The Reformation As A Result Of The Renaissance The Reformation as a Result of the Renaissance The great question concerning the Protestant Reformation is whether or not it was caused by the Renaissance. This is an incredibly complex question to answer, for there are literally thousands of different interpretations of this question by numerous scholars including one named David Cameron. This is not their paper; thus this is not their opinion. The Protestant Reformation was the direct result of the Renaissance, and it would not have happened without the technical advances that came from the Renaissance. "Erasmus laid the egg the Luther hatched (Class Notes);" this is the relationship between the Reformation and the Renaissance. (Class Notes) Clearly Gutenberg and his printing press allowed the Protestant Reformation to flourish. Previously all books had to be hand copied by scribes or monks, but the printing press allowed for relatively large numbers books to be published in a greatly shortened period of time. It was this that allowed the writings of Luther and his contemporaries to reach those who were literate. Without this mass replication of new ideas, the message of the Protestants and Reformers would not have reached most of those who ended reformation, renaissance, church, protestant, ideas, allowed, roman, new, microsoft, luther, class, catholic, wa, question, printing, press, notes, human, gutenberg, encarta, 2000, 1999, without, two, return, result, redmond, proposed, predestination, people, own, one, nature, large