because they told people what The Bible really said and translated the bible. they protested against what the church was doing, and led the people to protest as well.
The Protestant Reformation is called Protestant because it meant pro-Testimony, back to the Bible and not protest.Roman Catholic AnswerBecause protestant is what resulted from the "reformers" protesting the Church. Unfortunately they did not get "back to the Bible", as a matter of fact, they mutilated the Bible by throwing whole books out of it, and mistranslating it.
that the people wanted a protestant religion so they moved
Protestant churches grew and the Catholic Church became unified because of the Reformation.
The Protestant Reformation started primarily because of the actions of Martin Luther. Luther challenged the validity of the Catholic church, while believing its rules and principles to be both harsh and rigid. Luther and his supporters "protested" against the Church and its doctrines. This led to the reformation and the creation of the Protestant sect and faith.
The protestant Reformation was important in Europe because the Roman Catholic Church was falling apart and many church officials were getting corrupt. They did simony, and started selling indulgences at expensive prices. True Catholics protested against the church and Finally, the church started to counter and reform from inside. if they did not, the Catholic society would be long gone by now.
Wycliffe was known as the Morning star of the Reformation because he founded a movement which preceded the Reformation. His Bible translations into the common language were also considered instrumental in bringing the 'light of the gospel' to the common people.
Luther
The Protestant Reformation is called Protestant because it meant pro-Testimony, back to the Bible and not protest.Roman Catholic AnswerBecause protestant is what resulted from the "reformers" protesting the Church. Unfortunately they did not get "back to the Bible", as a matter of fact, they mutilated the Bible by throwing whole books out of it, and mistranslating it.
that the people wanted a protestant religion so they moved
Protestant churches grew and the Catholic Church became unified because of the Reformation.
The Protestant Reformation started primarily because of the actions of Martin Luther. Luther challenged the validity of the Catholic church, while believing its rules and principles to be both harsh and rigid. Luther and his supporters "protested" against the Church and its doctrines. This led to the reformation and the creation of the Protestant sect and faith.
Martin Luther is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation in 1517 after publishing The Ninety-Five Theses. It stemmed from malpractice and simony in the Roman Catholic Church.
The protestant Reformation was important in Europe because the Roman Catholic Church was falling apart and many church officials were getting corrupt. They did simony, and started selling indulgences at expensive prices. True Catholics protested against the church and Finally, the church started to counter and reform from inside. if they did not, the Catholic society would be long gone by now.
Because of the Crusades, the stage was set for the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation is when man rejected the distorted Christianity of Rome and turned to the truths of the Biblical Christianity.
They moved religious messages to the background.
Because it meant that the Catholic Church didn't have control over all of it. They couldn't threaten a Protestant ruler with excommunication to keep them in line, for example.
Because Spain had the "most Catholic monarchs" who sought to preserve the faith in their country unspotted by protestant heretics.