Very powerful. The Catholic Church was the dominant influence on western civilization.
The Catholic Church was practically in charge of Europe before the reformation, they used to have some kind of absolute power, they were even more powerful than the king, and therefore there was also a lot of corruption within the members. So those were mainly the reasons why discontent towards the Catholic Church widespread in the European countries.
Martin Luther, and others before him, was sickened by the corruption that was rife in the Catholic Church. The tipping point was the selling of indulgences by the Catholic Church. The reformation spread because many people were dissatisfied with the Catholic Church and could see the hypocrisy that was throughout all levels of the Catholic Church.
Catholic Reformation or Counter Reformation
The Reformation was devoted to reforming the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church
Roman Catholic AnswerThe political impact of the protestant revolt was what scholars call the Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation.
Christians did not break away from the Catholic Church, they remained Christians, protestants broke away from the Catholic Church in the 16th century.
Type your answer here... The Catholic Church was the focus of the Protestant Reformation and was led by which of the following men?
The catholic reformation created a few different things. The main things that the catholic reformation created new religious orders and reform the catholic church to rejoin.
The Catholic Counter-Reformation was in response to the Protestant Reformation. Its goal was to reform the Catholic Church from within.
The Protestant Reformation :)
The Protestant Church emerged out of the Reformation of the Catholic Chruch