Why did people want to reform the Catholic Church?

Answer 1

so then they would have the freedom to divore not go to church to pray or have their sins forgiven also that The Bible should be written in all languages not just latinalso the king should be the overall ruler of their country.

Roman Catholic AnswerBecause they wanted to interpret the Bible in their own way, not in the way It was meant to be. They wanted it to say that they were perfectly fine in their sins, Martin Luther say that we are all just dung-heaps covered with snow. That God's grace cannot really change us, we remain rotten, but we get into heaven because God sees His son's righteousness and inputes it to us. Martin Luther said that he could go out and fornicate all day and he would still go to heaven. Protestants wanted to change the Church because they did not want to change. Unfortunately, Calvin, Henry VIII, and Luther became popular with their sovereigns (in Henry's case, he was the sovereign) and so their new "religion" got forced on people.

Answer 2

The major "issues" with the Catholic Church have been the same since it was founded by Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ in the first century: the world, the flesh, and the devil. Our Blessed Lord warned us that the world would hate us (Matthew 10:22), they many would sin and apostasize (Matthew 24:10), and that the devil will always be against us (1 Peter 5:8).

Answer 3

Catholic AnswerFor the most part, people did not want the Catholic Church to reform. They were too busy leading their lives, and trying to lead a good life to worry about such things. The primary reason that the "reformers" called for the Church to reform was sin - they were uncomfortable with what they were doing, and they figured it was easier to make a Church that didn't ask so much of them.

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If you are referring to the sixteenth century in your question, the answer is that people were not, on the whole, angry with the Catholic Church. For the most part, people were too busy leading their lives to worry about such things, although they were very upset when the "reformers" thrust them into a conflict with the Church which they had grown up with, and trusted.

Answer 4

Evil tried (and tries) to change the Catholic Church. The Church, since her inception, proclaims the Truth and people have always been opposed to that message - many people simplify it, some distort it, and some (in the name of progress) change it.

Answer 5

Roman Catholic ChurchPeople have been given free will by God to choose or reject Him. The result of rejecting God is sin and the Catholic Church has always had to deal with people who, due to concupiscence, choose the wrong thing and so sin. All of the problems that the Church has had to deal with over the centuries can all be traced back to sin-to people using their free will in the wrong way and choosing something other than God.

Answer 6

Roman Catholic AnswerFor the most part, people did not want the Catholic Church to reform. They were too busy leading their lives, and trying to lead a good life to worry about such things. The primary reason that the "reformers" called for the Church to reform was sin - they were uncomfortable with what they were doing, and they figured it was easier to make a Church that didn't ask so much of them.
Roman Catholic AnswerIf you are referring to the sixteenth century in your question, the answer is that people were not, on the whole, angry with the Catholic Church. For the most part, people were too busy leading their lives to worry about such things, although they were very upset when the "reformers" thrust them into a conflict with the Church which they had grown up with, and trusted.

Answer 7

There are and were many problems with the Catholic Church. A major problem is that they don't believe in Birth Control. They also do not allow women to have any role in the church.