The Bible, especially reading the Bible, played an important part in the reformation.
People like John Wycliffe, Jan Huss, Martin Luuther, John Calvin actually read the Bible and could see the Roman Catholic church taught false doctrines and practiced things that were not in the Bible-especially the teaching and the sale of indulgences or the abuses thereof, and simony, the selling and buying of clerical offices. The reformers saw these and other things as evidence of the systemic corruption of the Church's Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, which included the Pope.
John Wesley played a big part in the reformation , he also wrote many hymns.
He invented the printing press and was the first person to print the bible WITH the printing press. This was called the Gutenberg Bible.
The Bible/Scripture
Justification.
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.
John Wesley played a big part in the reformation , he also wrote many hymns.
He invented the printing press and was the first person to print the bible WITH the printing press. This was called the Gutenberg Bible.
The Protestant Reformation attempted to relate the Bible to believers. By doing this people could read the bible themselves and understand the word of God.
The Bible/Scripture
The Catholic Reformation and the counter reformation are two expressions for the same thing.
Justification.
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.
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Martin Luther, although it should be noted that the Bible had already been translated into German in the Gutenberg Bible over 40 years earlier (but those translators were not Reformation leaders). Luther was responsible for the first German Protestant Bible.
The Geneva Bible was an important English translation of the Bible that was widely used during the Protestant Reformation. It was the first Bible to include chapter and verse numbers, making it easier to reference specific passages. The Geneva Bible also included study notes and commentary that promoted Protestant beliefs, making it a key tool for spreading the ideas of the Reformation.
They used a feather wich they dipped in ink.
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