The overall corruption of the church was a big concern. The biggest example of the church's corruption was the selling of "indulgences" by the Pope and the Catholic Church.
The main ideas of the Catholic reform included: 1) to purify the Church of abuses. 2) to stem the tide of people being dragged out of the Church by the protestant heretics. 3) to systemize the education of the clergy and that laity to prevent another such disaster.
Before the reformation the abuses of the Catholic Church were: # Simony # Absenteeism # Nepotism # Pluralism # Tithe # Indulgences Now the Church's controversy is about sexual abuses, the lack of women as priests and homosexuality in the clergy.
the Protestants' separation from the Catholic Church.
Erasmus differed from other reformers in his approach to religious reform by focusing on education, humanism, and promoting a more moderate and intellectual approach to reform rather than advocating for radical changes or separation from the Catholic Church.
No, the Protestant Reformation is better titled the Protestant Revolt. The Catholic Reformation was just that, a reform of the abuses occurring at the time within the Church.
Martin Luther was a Catholic monk who sought to reform the Catholic Church.
False. The Council of Trent was convened for the very purpose of responding to the doctrines of the Protestants and to reform the legitimate abuses in Church practice that had crept into the Church.
William Tyndale did not reform the Catholic Church, he left it and was excommunicated as a heretic.
John Huss was a Bohemian Catholic priest and early church reformer who played a pivotal role in the movement for religious reform in the early 15th century. He challenged various practices of the Catholic Church, particularly the sale of indulgences and the authority of the papacy. Huss's teachings were influential and laid the groundwork for later reformers, but he was ultimately excommunicated and burned at the stake in 1415 for heresy. His legacy continues to resonate in discussions of church reform and religious freedom.
The Catholic Church did not view them as reformers so much as revolutionaries since they sought to enact their desires without the sanction of Church authorities and ended up not reforming but rejecting those things they found problems with. The Church considers such actions heretical and thus saw them as heretics. Those that were personal responsible for these breaks are considered heresiarchs, or leaders of heresy. There were some clerics and people who strove for reform but decided to do so while staying with the Church, believing Her inviolable. Some of these reformers became saints.
.Catholic AnswerThere have been many famous reformers of the Catholic Church, among them several famous Popes. Of the most recent, Pope John XXIII started the reform that was called for by the Second Vatican Council, which has been implemented by Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI.
The Council of Trent was held to address the Protestant Reformation and to reform and clarify the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. It aimed to define Catholic doctrine, address abuses within the Church, and assert the authority of the Pope.