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It sounds like you are asking about Martin Luther, but he was a friar, not a monk; and he initially started by seeking reform, but almost immediately gave up and made up his own church.
You can address this question in one of two ways: . First, the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, as described throughout the New Testament. As the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church needs no reform, and would be incapable of it, as it is perfect already. . Secondly, you can look at the Church as made up of individual sinners striving for heaven. In this second manner, the Church is *always* in need of reform, as it is composed entirely of sinners who are all in need of reform in order to go to heaven.
Martin Luther first set out to reform the Catholic Church but ended up spliting it into different sects including Lutherenism.
The Puritans wanted to reform the Anglican Church. The Pilgrims, who were mainly Separatists, wanted to leave the Anglican Hurch and set up their own churches.
The "pilgrims" at Plymouth Colony were Separatists; they had given up on the idea of reforming the Church of England and wished to separate themselves from it.The colonists of Massachusetts Bay Colony (founded ten years later) were Puritans; they believed that the Church of England could still be reformed ("purified"). However, they did not think of themselves as "pilgrims"; the Massachusetts Bay Colony was primarily a business venture.
the disadvantages on Christmas day is that you could have a dinner Christmas party with lots of people but so many people that you could get squashed up and unrealized. Particularly if your a short person.
Martin Luther, an Augustinian Monk and scholar, differed with the Roman Church on various issues. He was declared heretic. The Church agreed with him - there did need to be a reform, but he needed to acknowledge that his reform had some errors, though they contained some good things. Luther's pride prevented him from admitting this and he started his own church, the Lutherans, which within 10 years split and so on, up until today. There are many synods of the Church in the United States, some conservative abiding closely to the Lutheran reforms, others more liberal in their thinking. Other reformers differed from Luther and different denominations sprung up.
Many would say that the Catholic church is in need of a drastic reform . The Church would say, the Church is fine, the People need reform, a new conversion to Christ, and a dedication to the mission of the mother Church.
Probably not. One of the key issues is the authority of the Pope (and give up artificial birth control?).Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church has suffered heresies and heretical movements since the first century, many of which lasted longer than the protestant movement. As the Catholic Church was estabilished by Jesus Christ who guaranteed to be with it to the end of the world, and guided by the Holy Spirit, it is inevitable that God will, in the end, bring all the different heretical movements back into the Church.
One of the two movements that came out of World War I was the Progressive movement, which promised reform and democracy to the world. Another was the Preparedness movement. This movement declared that the U.S. would take the time and resources to build up land and naval forces to defend itself.