Reformation

Reformation The Reformation The Reformation began with a discontent for the Catholic Church. People began to look for new religions which led to the Protestant Churches. Many Christians converted to the Protestant religion because the disagreed with the ideals of, and the corruption in, the Catholic Church. The Protestant religion is a branch of Christianity which holds many of the same rituals and ceremonies. Starting with Luther, there were many new religions that began to form, including Calvinism. They all tried to make reforms to what they saw was wrong with the standing Catholic church. From Luther to Calvin many people were influential on the church during the Reformation. The need for a revision of the church was ignited in 1517 when Luther nailed his ninety-five theses on a church door. Almost immediately after the theses were found, they were translated into German and brought to the printing press. The theses were spread throughout Germany extremely fast. Luther was also against the selling of indulgences, so after he nailed the theses he began to burn indulgences in public. In 1520, Luther stated that money did not aid in salvation. Luther believed that luther, church, people, calvin, religion, salvation, protestant, god, began, reformation, catholic, time, theses, new, because, thought, religions, faith, after, about, tried, lutheranism, life, led, good, german, eternal, emperor, disagreed, chosen, certain, came, calvinists, believed, became