WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

BEGINNING OF RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Martin Luther’s impact on the Catholic Church?
A
He protested the corruption in the Church and split from the Catholic Church
B
He donated a lot of money to ensure that the Catholics could build a new Church
C
He talked to the Pope and got him to change a lot of the problems he saw in the Church
D
He left the Catholic Church and encouraged people to reject religion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation. His central teachings, that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds, shaped the core of Protestantism.

Detailed explanation-2: -“The Reformation gave rise to constructive forms of several different Christian traditions, such as Lutheranism and Calvinism, ” said Gregory. “But this also meant that people of differing faiths had to work out how they could coexist when religion had always been the key influence on politics, family and education.

Detailed explanation-3: -Martin Luther, the chief catalyst of Protestantism, was a professor of biblical interpretation at the University of Wittenberg in Germany when he drew up his 95 theses condemning the Catholic Church for its corrupt practice of selling indulgences, or the forgiveness of sins.

Detailed explanation-4: -Protestant Reformation began in 1517 with Martin Luther Originally, the word reformation (from the Latin reformare, “to renew”) suggested the removal of impurities and corruption from church institutions and people, rather than separation from the unified Roman Catholic Church (the word catholic meaning “universal”).

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