HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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decline of religious unity with Protestant reformers starting their own church.
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increase in use of indulgences.
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increase in the number of men becoming priests
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decline of people attending church
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Reformation established many protestant sects. (A Protestant is generally considered to be a Christian who is not of the Roman catholic or Eastern Orthodox faiths.) In western Europe the Reformation shattered Catholic religious unity and led to Christian diversity.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Protestant Reformation is alleged to have shaped major features of Western culture, including freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, the dignity of the individual, and political democracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Its rise was influenced by currents of nationalism, mercantilism, anticlericalism, and opposition to vested property interests in the hands of the church that had begun in the late fourteenth century.
Detailed explanation-5: -In addition to indulgences, the 95 Theses pointed out other problems as well. These problems included priests not being well educated and some of the higher leaders in the Church being corrupt. In addition, Luther stated that the Pope himself had too much power over the Church and politics.