In short, Martin Luther found theological issues with Catholic doctrine, tried to get the problems corrected, and brought the issues to attention by nailing a list of the problems he found on the church door (known as the "41 Theses"). The leaders of the church refused to change anything and threatened to excommunicate Luther if he didn't retract his statements.
He refused, and was excommunicated from the Catholic church. He then founded his own church, known today as the Lutheran church. This started a trend of people making their own churches, like the King of England and the Anglican church.
· The printing press became the principle catalyst for the coming Protestant Reformation.
A Huguenot is another name for the French Protestants during the reformation.(\(\(- -) Your Friend,(')(') Drakeenzo
The Catholic Church
Protestants were the people who during the European Reformation protested against the Roman Catholic Church.
Catholics call it the Protestant Revolt while Protestants call it the Protestant Reformation.
The disagreement between the Protestants and Catholics eventually led to civil war in Switzerland.
A Huguenot is another name for the French Protestants during the reformation.(\(\(- -) Your Friend,(')(') Drakeenzo
protestants
The Protestant Reformation set Catholics and Protestants against each other throughout the empire. It also made one religion the required belief system for a multi-country empire, which caused conflict since Protestantism disagreed with many other belief systems across Great Britain.
The counter reformation was the Catholic Church's way of fighting back against the protestants.
They split off into Protestants.
They split off into Protestants.
It would have had a mix of Catholic and Protestants.
The Catholic Church
Protestants were the people who during the European Reformation protested against the Roman Catholic Church.
religious reformation
The Protestant Reformation.
The Protestant Reformation