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Simony, nepotism and sale of indulgences were endemic within the Catholic Church, to the point that reform was needed. Martin Luther sought reform from within the Catholic Church, but was eventually forced down a path that led to the Protestant Reformation. Other prominent persons who allowed their call for reform to become actual criticism of a politicised and often corrupt papacy, such as Jan Hus or Savonarola, were condemned as heretics and destroyed.

When Pope Clement became involved in a messy war with Emperor Charles and lost, the Emperor offered to remove his troops from Rome and return the States of the Church to Clement, on conditions that included a council for the reformation of the Church. Once the troops were removed from Rome, Clement did everything possible to avoid calling a council, but finally his successor, Pope Paul III, called the Council of Trent, the most important step in the Catholic Reformation.

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