The start of the 16th century, many events led to the Protestant reformation. Clergy abuse caused people to begin criticizing the Catholic Church. The greed and scandalous lives of the clergy had created a split between them and the peasants. However, the split was more over doctrine than corruption.
Q. What changed after the Reformation?
Social Changes after the Reformation As the Reformation progressed, changes in power occurred. While the clergy began to lose authority, the local rulers and nobles collected it for themselves. Peasants became resentful and revolted, but their actions were condemned by Luther.
Table of Contents
- Q. What changed after the Reformation?
- Q. What were the major results of the Reformation?
- Q. How did the Catholic Church respond to the Reformation?
- Q. Did the Catholic Church ever sell indulgences?
- Q. How did the Catholic Church get so powerful?
- Q. Why was the Catholic church in need of reform?
- Q. What were the basic components of the Catholic Reformation?
Q. What were the major results of the Reformation?
The Reformation became the basis for the founding of Protestantism, one of the three major branches of Christianity. The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.
Q. How did the Catholic Church respond to the Reformation?
The Council of Trent was the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation. It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.
Q. Did the Catholic Church ever sell indulgences?
You cannot buy one — the church outlawed the sale of indulgences in 1567 — but charitable contributions, combined with other acts, can help you earn one. The return of indulgences began with Pope John Paul II, who authorized bishops to offer them in 2000 as part of the celebration of the church’s third millennium.
Q. How did the Catholic Church get so powerful?
The Catholic Church became very rich and powerful during the Middle Ages. People gave the church 1/10th of their earnings in tithes. They also paid the church for various sacraments such as baptism, marriage, and communion. Eventually, the church owned about one third of the land in Western Europe.
Q. Why was the Catholic church in need of reform?
The Catholic Reformation was the intellectual counter-force to Protestantism. The desire for reform within the Catholic Church had started before the spread of Luther. Many educated Catholics had wanted change – for example, Erasmus and Luther himself, and they were willing to recognise faults within the Papacy.
Q. What were the basic components of the Catholic Reformation?
What were the basic components of the Catholic Reformations? Reform of Church pracitices, strengthening the Inquistion, and founding new religious orders to bolster Catholicism.
