HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Luther wanted to start a new religion.
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The Church was poor and needed a new leader.
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Calvin wanted to head the Church.
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There were abuses in the Church that needed changing.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Groups that criticised the Pope before the Reformation included the Lollards and the Hussites. The Franciscans maintained a vow of poverty but did not criticise the Pope. 4. The abuses associated with the Church included nepotism, simony, absenteeism and pluralism.
Detailed explanation-3: -What abuses in the Church required reform? Simony (buying your job), abuses of indulgences, lack of priestly education.
Detailed explanation-4: -The attempts by peasants in the Holy Roman Empire to realise the Gospel message – a message which to them promised social as well as spiritual equality – led to one of the largest popular rebellions in early modern Europe, with rebel armies made up of as many as 40, 000 in some areas.