Christian Reformation :: Religion, History, Informative

The Protestant Reformation          Many ideas of the Renaissance like humanism, identity and secularism stimulated a strong critique of the churchs form _or_ system of government and the clergys behaviour. Many people regarded it as a scandal that the Catholic church sold indulgences. Indulgences were enrolments, stamped by the church which could reduce your sins. People who bought indulgences believed that this document could pave their way to heaven. In northern Germany they went so far that they stock-still sold indulgences which could reduce the sins which you are going to commit in the future. They as well as sold indulgences for the redemption of somebodys dead relatives.     Martin Luther a German priest, who lived in the small city of Wittenberg was the the most famous critic of the misdirect practices of the Catholic church. He wrote his critiques down in 95 theses on a door of a church in Wittenberg. These 95 theses sp aver speedily all over Germany and parts of northern Europe. The first reaction of the Catholic church was a reduction of the sales of indulgences. But this sale was non the scarcely point Luther criticized in the Catholic church. The Catholic church taught that salvation comes from faith, good deeds and the assistance of the church. Martin Luthers concept was that salvation comes by faith alone. Martin Luther also translated the bible into German. So far the bible was only written in Latin and the most people could not read it. For Protestant people the bible was the only source of truth.     After a long argument between Luther and the church Luther was excomunicated from the church in the twelvemonth 1521.