WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

BEGINNING OF RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the only version of Christianity before the Reformation?
A
Lutheranism
B
Catholicism
C
Judaism
D
There was no Christianity before the Reformation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the Reformation, all Christians living in Western Europe were part of the Roman Catholic Church. This was led by the Pope, based in Rome. The Church was extremely rich and powerful. In church, services were held in Latin.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christianity first emerged as a sect of Judaism as practiced in the Roman province of Judea. The first Christians were all Jews, who constituted a Second Temple Jewish sect with an apocalyptic eschatology.

Detailed explanation-3: -By its own reading of history, Roman Catholicism originated with the very beginnings of Christianity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christianity is broadly split into three branches: Catholic, Protestant and (Eastern) Orthodox. The Catholic branch is governed by the Pope and Catholic bishops around the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. 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.

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