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Martin Luther, a German monk, protested abuses by the Catholic Church by posting his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517. This event is often considered the catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.
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Who was the German monk that protested against abuses in the Catholic Church in 1517?
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How would you used protestant in a sentence?
Martin Luther protested against church abuses.
Why wasn't the Protestant Reformation good for the Catholic Church?
The Counter Reformation, or Catholic Reformation, was actually good as it cleaned up many of the abuses and the corruption in the Church that had led Luther to posting his 95 thesis.
What document outlines the main complaints against the Catholic Church in 1518?
In 1517, Martin Luther protested what he thought were abuses in indulgences to his Bishop. He was wildly mistaken in many of his theses, and others were actually Catholic dogma. He did not, however, protest the "Catholic Church" until later in his life, when he really got further and further from reality.
What combined Humanism and Bible study so as to eliminate abuses in the Catholic Church?
If by abuses you mean the factors that caused the Reformation (ie Simony, Nepotism, Secularism, and Pluralism), then Monasticism.
What was an a attack on the abuses and wrongs of the Catholic Church?
You are probably thinking of the protestant revolt which used abuses and wrongs by some in the Church as an excuse to leave Christ's Church and form their own.
Who believed that humanist learning and bible study were best ways to eliminate abuses in Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
What religious organization was the reformer of the Protestant Reformation protesting against?
The Roman Catholic Church (precisely, against its abuses).
What is the Reformation of the 16th century?
the Protestants' separation from the Catholic Church.
Are the Reformation and the Catholic Reformation the same thing?
No, the Protestant Reformation is better titled the Protestant Revolt. The Catholic Reformation was just that, a reform of the abuses occurring at the time within the Church.
What abuses of the Catholic Church were reformers trying to reform?
The overall corruption of the church was a big concern. The biggest example of the church's corruption was the selling of "indulgences" by the Pope and the Catholic Church.
What abuses led to the criticism of the Roman Catholic Church?
Before the reformation the abuses of the Catholic Church were: # Simony # Absenteeism # Nepotism # Pluralism # Tithe # Indulgences Now the Church's controversy is about sexual abuses, the lack of women as priests and homosexuality in the clergy.
