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Protestant Reformation

             The Protestant Reformation was a movement to get rid of the church of medieval abuses and to restore the belief and practices that the reformers believed conformed with the Bible. The movement ulitmately led to the freedom from dissent. The Reformation, in effect, split Europe into two ideological camps. This allowed new ideas to develop and have a chance to become widespread and practiced in the new world. .
             During James's reign, some Separatists moved to calvinist Holland, and a few of these led the founding of Plymouth Plantation in new england seperating themselves fromt he corrupt state church. Half of the members of the Mayflower were made up of Separatist Puritans who had withdrawn from the chruch of england. They fled to the netherlands to practice their relgion freely. Besides wanting to becoming extremely wealthy, one of Christopher Columbus' dreams were to carry Christainity around the globe and liberating Jerusalem from Muslin rule. In the mid 1500s the spanish expedition ventured into the North American continent and the missionary priests converted native americans into Christianity to any native americans they encountered. There were also religious battles that occured in north america trying to impose it with its own religious beliefs. Eventually Protestant English def. catholic rivals and won most of north america leading to anti - catholicism taking root in american soil. A Christian witness to the native Americans was one of the reasons for establishing Jamestown.
             The effect of the Protestant Reformation was great influence of religion to the new world. Most importantly, it gave a chance to those who wanted to practice their own belief in religion. .
            


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1. Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation During the late 1400's, England became a country plagued by changes, both good and bad. ... At the same time the Renaissance was occurring, a religious revolution was beginning, which was known as the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation helped to influence and strengthen the Renaissance that was just arising in England. ... John Calvin, whom many considered to be the greatest theologian of Protestantism, also helped in the Reformation. ... Overall, the Protestant Reformation contributed greatly to the continuance of, and shaping of the Renais...

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2. Protestant Reformation

Protestant Reformation The Reformation was the greatest religious movement since the early church. ... The Protestant Reformation has been sometimes been called a Protestant revolution. ... Still, there was more unity among the Reformers than there has been among any Protestants since the Reformation. ... Protestantism was the true Christian religion based on God's grace appropriated by faith. ... For example, in America there would have never been Pilgrim Fathers if there had no been a Protest...

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3. Counter Reformation Movement and it's Effects

Although scholars continue to disagree on points of detail, most agree that the Protestant Reformation drew relatively little from the civilization of the Renaissance, that indeed in certain basic respects Protestant principles were completely at odds with the major assumptions of most Renaissance humanists. In considering the relationship between the Renaissance and the origins of the Protestant Reformation, it would admittedly be false to say that the one had absolutely nothing to do with the other. ... The Counter Reformation Movement had many effects on the modern world. ... A gro...

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4. Protestant Reformation

Puritanism: Protestant Reformation As a middle class immigrant from England, was it reasonable to follow and abide by the rules from the changing influence of purifying the Anglican Church? ... "Result - Reformation split Europe into Protestant and Catholic countries, often causing war." ... Because of the reformation, it divided establishments that had combined Europe under the Pope. ... "Protestantism is the religious belief fostered by the Protestant movement." ... The Catholic Church consequently operated a counter-reformation; this was called the Catholic Reformation. ...

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5. Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a time of change and new ideas for the Europeans. ... A German man named Martin Luther began the reformation. ... Others lead the Protestant Reformation in other parts of Europe. ... In conclusion, there were many results of the Protestant Reformation. ... Large areas of Europe remained Protestant, but the Catholic Reformation had halted the spread of the new religion. ...

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6. Reformation

This conflict is called the Protestant Reformation, and the catholic response to it is called the Counter Reformation or Catholic Reformation. ... In contrast, the Catholic churches respond to the Protestant reformation with an exuberant style of art and architecture called the Baroque. The Baroque is in ideological opposition to Protestant severity. ... Finally, the Reformation affected the art of the sixteenth century in Western Europe. It is divided into the naivety of Protestantism and the magnificence of Catholicism by conflicting concepts. ...

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7. History of the Protestant Reformation

The main causes that lead to the Protestant Reformation were the different church corruptions reformers were intent to bring back.  As a German monk who struggled with the Church's traditional beliefs, Martin Luther was the first reformer of the Protestant Reformation. ... Later Protestant reformers joined the protest for a rebirth of the Catholic Church. ... Zwingli began the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland. ... The underlying causes of the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century were the different church corruptions reformers were intent to bring back. ...

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8. Poltical Effects on the Reformation

The Reformation was a new radical time where religion was questioned and Protestantism was formed and became popular. ... Preachers and the general hatred for clergymen were the major flame of the Protestant Reformation. ... Other countries followed England's lead in the Reformation. ... The Protestant movement in England was more direct. ... In the other countries such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Ireland, the Protestant Reformation was spread due to the political figures, or monarchy. ...

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9. Protestant Reformation

Yet, as the Protestant Reformation progressed, the religious and political views and actions of each man soon determined the long term acceptance of their ideas. ... Calvin, with his great knowledge, had made his own Protestant theology which later he published in The Institutes of the Christian Religion. ... During the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation had begun. ...

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