It was the beginning of the sixteenth century when the Catholic Church had become extremely powerful, especially across Europe, but "internally corrupt". ... These Reformers opposed to the way the Catholic Church was running, therefore conflict against the church arose amongst scholars, and the Roman Catholic Church started to divide - Protestants were determined to break away from their corrupt religion and form their own. ... The practice of indulgences led to a corrupt way of living a pure Christian life. ... The Reformation and the Counter/Catholic Reformation was the intellectual coun...

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Members of the Catholic clergy were financially, politically and socially corrupt. ... Even the papacy, the highest representative of God's church on Earth, had become almost mortally corrupted. ... Another grievance that eventually became a driving force behind the Reformation, was the sale of indulgences. ...

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Members of the Catholic clergy were financially, politically and socially corrupt. ... Even the papacy, the highest representative of God's church on Earth, had become almost mortally corrupted. ... Another grievance that eventually became a driving force behind the Reformation, was the sale of indulgences. ...

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The Hated Anabaptists "One cannot and should not use force to compel anyone to accept faith, for faith is a free gift of God. It is wrong to compel anyone by force or coercion to embrace the faith, or to put to death anyone for the sake of his erring faith. ... The lord has commanded simply to preach the Gospel, not to compel anyone by force to accept it. ... Even the non-religious feared the Anabaptists, because they felt that they were corrupting all social order, and bringing nothing but chaos...

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For centuries the Roman Catholic Church had dominated Western Europe both politically and religiously. The Church gave its blessing to king and emperors, this was evident with the crowning of Charlemange by Pope Leo III on Christmas day. The Church was also able to force its will and influence on t...

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