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- The Protestant Reformation permanently broke the international rule of the medieval Catholic Church and canon law, splintering Western Christendom into competing nations and regions, each with its own religious and political rulers. The Protestant Reformation triggered a massive shift of power and property from the church to the state.
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In England the Reformation’s roots were both political and religious. Henry VIII, incensed by Pope Clement VII’s refusal to grant him an annulment of his marriage, repudiated papal authority and in 1534 established the Anglican church with the king as the supreme head.
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Money-generating practices in the Roman Catholic Church, such as the sale of indulgences.
Demands for reform by Martin Luther, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, and other scholars in Europe.
The invention of the mechanized printing press, which allowed religious ideas and Bible translations to circulate widely.
The desire of many people to read the Bible in the language they spoke at home rather than in Latin.
The desire of many people to rely only on the Bible for religious guidance and not on tradition or current teachings.
A belief that forgiveness comes only from God rather than from a combination of faith and good deeds.
The emergence of Protestantism, which became one of the three major branches of Christianity (along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy).
The establishment of many Protestant churches, groups, and movements, including Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism, the Society of Friends (also known as Quakers), among others.
Translation of the Bible into German, French, English, and other languages.
The Counter-Reformation, a movement within the Roman Catholic Church to reform and revive itself.
Improved training and education for some Roman Catholic priests.
The end of the sale of indulgences.
Jul 13, 2020 · The Reformation had significant effects for England. The monarch became the head of the Protestant Church of England, monasteries were abolished and their wealth confiscated, and there were significant changes in church services, notably the use of the English language and not Latin.
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- The English Reformation split the Church in England from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. The Protestant Church of England was established a...
- The main causes of the English Reformation were King Henry VIII's desire to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon, which the Pope would not al...
- Dating the Reformation. Historians usually date the start of the Protestant Reformation to the 1517 publication of Martin Luther’s “95 Theses.” Its ending can be placed anywhere from the 1555 Peace of Augsburg, which allowed for the coexistence of Catholicism and Lutheranism in Germany, to the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years’ War.
- The Reformation: Germany and Lutheranism. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was an Augustinian monk and university lecturer in Wittenberg when he composed his “95 Theses,” which protested the pope’s sale of reprieves from penance, or indulgences.
- The Reformation: Switzerland and Calvinism. The Swiss Reformation began in 1519 with the sermons of Ulrich Zwingli, whose teachings largely paralleled Luther’s.
- The Reformation: England and the 'Middle Way' In England, the Reformation began with Henry VIII’s quest for a male heir. When Pope Clement VII refused to annul Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could remarry, the English king declared in 1534 that he alone should be the final authority in matters relating to the English church.
The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church. These events were part of the wider European Reformation , a religious and political movement that affected the practice of Christianity in Western and ...
The break with Rome eventually triggered England’s transition to being a Protestant country. The Reformation had major repercussions, including the Dissolution of the Monasteries and many ...
Protestant reform in England began with Henry VIII in 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a marriage annulment. Subsequently, King Henry rejected the Pope's authority, instead creating and assuming authority over the Church of England, a sort of hybrid church that combined some Catholic doctrine and some Protestant ideals.
