Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation questions and answers
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Q: Protestant Reformation?
What were some long term effects of the Protestant Reformation?
A: a weaker Catholic church
Q: How did the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation influence the development of the Scientific Revolution?
I'm trying to prep possible essays my teacher shared for an AP European History Test. One question was "How did the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation influence the development of the Scientific Revolution?" Does anyone have any ideas? I would greatly appreciate any help. Thank you!
A: The Renaissance and Reformation were liberating influences, encouraging people to think beyond the narrow doctrines of the Catholic Church and develop new methods of inquiry and reasoning, leading to great scientific advances. The life of Galileo best exemplifies this transition.
Q: Hi, can anyone tell em how the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation were alike and similar?
Well, I know that the Protestant Reformationw wanted to fix the errors of the church while the Ctaholic Reformation jsut wanted to fix its own errors in order to fix their religion. And I also know, that the Protestant Reformers wanted to take the clergy's power away and give it to the German prince's and get rid of serfdom. But I don't know anythign about the Catholic Reform..
sorry for the typos!
i mean alike and different not alike and similar lol...
A: I do not know
Q: What were the consequences of the Protestant Reformation?
The religious, social, political, educational, and intellectual consequences of the Protestant Reformation? I have an in-class essay in AP european history tomorrow and the book is no help at all, and the internet isn't helping much either! Thanks
A: The consequences of the Protestant Reformation was religious wars in Europe. Henry VIII confiscated Catholic Church lands and gave them to his supporters and started an English war against Catholics in Ireland.
Q: What is the specific conflict of the Protestant Reformation?
I just need to kno wat the specific conflict of the Protestant Reformation...
In other words, wat started it....SPECIFIC CONFLICT OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
A: In brief, whether the Church hierarchy and ultimately the Pope was the ultimate interpreter of Christian truth, and people needed to approach salvation through priestly intervention, or whether they could be saved through praying directly to God and reading the Bible themselves.
Let me know if you need more detail than that, but I got the idea from your question that you wanted it short and sweet.
Q: Hi, can anyone tell em how the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation were alike and differentt?
Well, I know that the Protestant Reformation wanted to fix the errors of the church while the Cahtolic Reformation just wanted to fix its own errors in order to fix their religion. And I also know, that the Protestant Reformers wanted to take the clergy's power away and give it to the German prince's and get rid of serfdom. But I don't know anythign about the Catholic Reform..
Once again, I apologize for the typos.
A: The term Catholic Reformation is problematic for several reasons. One must not assume that the Catholic Church engaged in reform only as a reaction to the protestant reformation. Cardinal Ximenes was engaged in reform in Spain prior to Luther’s program. John Wycliffe (1330-1384) and Jan Hus (1372-1415) dealt with many of the same issues that Luther addressed. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) also wrote against the Avignon Papacy. Additionally, the Council of Trent, the high-point of the Catholic Reformation, did not result in any significant changes to traditional Catholic doctrines.
Some have suggested that the term Catholic Reformation should refer to those aspects of the Catholic Church that were instituted to reform some problem areas within the church such as moral laxity and an uneducated clergy, but the term Counter-Reformation be used to describe actions that the Catholic Church took such as the Inquisition and the Index that were designed to squelch the Protestant Reformation
http://cat.xula.edu/tpr/movements/catholic/
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/COUNTER.HTM
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/counterr.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/CounterR.html
Q: what was the protestant reformation and why did it happen?
What was the protestant reformation and why did it happen?
A: The Protestant Reformation was a reformation of Christianity started by Martin Luther and it happened because some believed that the catholic church was corrupt and needed to be reformed. Shouldn't all this be in your textbook?
Q: Find me websites about music of the Protestant Reformation?
I have been looking but I can't find any that are helpful to me. I have to compare the music styles of the Renaissance to that of the Protestant Reformation. I have all the Renaissance info I need. Just looking for the Reformation info now.
So if you know anything about the Reformation and know some good websites could you help me out? Paper is due tonight. I take classes over the internet.
All good help appreciated
A: http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/346mus.html
http://208.11.77.182/general/articles/Luther.html
http://www.liturgica.com/html/litPLit.jsp?hostname=null
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-ren-voc.htm
http://www.godofmercy.com/Special_Studies/Music/Music_5.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Slovenia
Q: what was the influence of Renaissance humanism on Catholic reforms and the protestant reformation?
free response question from 2007 ap european history exam. i just need a thesis to answer this. the real question is:
evaluate the influence of Renaissance humanism on Catholic reforms and the protestant reformation
A: The Protestant Reformation was a natural progression from Scholasticism to Humanism where the approach to Christianity changed from the Catholic faith that served God to the Protestant faith where God served man.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
Q: “The Protestant Reformation was primarily an economic event.” Defend or refute?
“The Protestant Reformation was primarily an economic event.” By describing and determining the relative importance of the economic, political and religious causes of the Protestant Reformation, defend or refute this statement.
A: In "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" Max Weber wrote that capitalism evolved when the Protestant (particularly Calvinist) ethic influenced large numbers of people to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own enterprises and engaging in trade and the accumulation of wealth for investment. In other words, the Protestant ethic was a force behind an unplanned and uncoordinated mass action that led to the development of capitalism. This idea, also known as "the Weber thesis", can be used to support your statement.
However, the Protestant Reformation had many theological and cultural aspects that transcended economics (see the second link below). I therefore would not agree with the statement.
Q: does anyone have a detailed outline for a paper on the protestant reformation?
i'm writing a research paper about the protestant reformation and i need an outline to follow, does anyone have one?
A: Protestant Reformation Timeline
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/refo/hd_refo.htm
http://www.williamtyndale.com/0reformationtimeline.htm
http://www.homiliesbyemail.com/Special/Reformation/timeline.html
The Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation is the name given to a religious and political development in the early 16th century. The reformation was led by Martin Luther, a monk from Germany. He said that the Roman Catholic church was corrupt and that it should be reformed.
http://history.hanover.edu/early/prot.html
http://www.gotquestions.org/Protestant-Reformation.html
http://www.kirkdale113.freeserve.co.uk/protestaeurope.htm
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/protestantreformation.htm
Q: What impact did the Protestant Reformation have on the lives of women?
how did the protestant reformation impact the lives of women?
A: Well, in countries that embraced the REformation, convents were closed down, and nuns forced to enter secular life. This was probably a blessing for some and a curse for others. for those who had not wanted to be nuns in the first place (girls were often placed in convents by their parents when quite young) it would have been a blessing to be released. But for those who had embraced the contemplative life, it would have been a tragic end to a way of life that they had loved. It also meant that there was no longer a respectable alternative to marriage for upper-class women in these countries.
But the number of nuns was always very small in comparison with the number of monks, so the number of women whose lives were actually disrupted by this change would have been relatively small.
Some women were eager converts to Protestantism, and there were some notable female scholars of the Protestant movement. In england, for example, Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII of england, was well known as a Protestant scholar for example. Catherine Willoughby, duchess of Suffolk, was very active in the reform movement. Anne Locke Prowse was another noted Protestant scholar.
In some Protestant states, the divorce laws were relaxed to make divorce more easily obtainable. In Zurich for instance the law allowed divorce on the grounds of adultery, impotence, wilful desertion, grave incompatibility, sexually incapacitating illness, and deception.
That a husband owed his wife fidelity was a point much emphasised by Protestant writers of the Reformation period. Albrecht von Eyb wrote "If your wife becomes unchaste and breaks faith with you, consider whether you have also been unfaithful to her; those husbands are completely unfair judges who demand that their wives be chaste, while they are not, and excuse their own promiscuity with fine words, while severaly damning and punishing that of their wives, as if it were right for them to have every freedom and their wives no faults at all."
Much emphasis was laid on men treating their wives with consideration. The English Puritan Robert Cleaver wrote:
"The husband is not to command his wife in manner, as the Master his servant, but as the soul doth the body, as being conjoined in like affection and good will; just as the soul in governing the body tends to the benefit and comfort of the same, so ought the dominion and commandment of the husband over his wife . . . .tend to rejoice and content her." His guidelines for husbands: "Often admonish, seldom reprove; and never smite your wife."
I would dispute the comment above that says that women's lives were 'wretched' during this period. Most women of the time would certainly not have thought of themselves as wretched. Most would have worked hard, but then so would most men. Life in the early modern period was a struggle for survival for most people, male and female, but they often managed to have happy family lives, and to enjoy themselves when they had the opportunity.
Q: What were the major reasons for The Protestant Reformation?
Im doing a research paper an i was wondering what the protestant reformation was about so can you list as many reasons as you can and for each one can you explain why it was a problem to the people
A: Google it.
Q: Notable events before the protestant reformation?
I need a sort of "list" or something of some notable events that occurred in Europe before the protestant reformation, and probably after about 1300...they don't necessarily have to be related to the reformation, just need to have taken place during that time frame. thanks a bunch in advance!
A: 1340s the Black Death kills off 1/3 of the population
Internal issues in the RC church creating at one time three popes
Discovery of the Americas
Final defeat of Islam and the unification of Spain in the Iberian Peninsula
Defeat of the Byzantium empire
Development of the printing press leading to increase use of tracts and reading to spread ideas.
Decline of feudalism as warfare shifted from mounted nobles (Knights) to mass infantry formations of middle and lower class (English Longbow, Swiss pikemen, etc.)
There are lots. Too many to mention here.
I think you will find a relevant answer at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_reformation
Q: Would the church's corruptness be considered a political or social cause for the Protestant Reformation?
Thanks. And about the economic cause of the Protestant Reformation, can it be that the middle class became stronger because the church lost property and because people were now encouraged to become wealthier (i.e. before, usury was discouraged)
A: The issue is way more complicated and complicated by modern misunderstandings. As with the modern American state corruption was part of the system. Try defining corruption. Try it - - - truly try it and you will find it is truly difficult. In England for example Cardinal Woolsley funnelled funds, money gleamed from taxes levied on all classes, those monies were channeled into building a magnificient Court called Hampton. Yes the building was a works project, the building of Hampton Court advanced architure & engineering, and now the building is a national treasure of Emgland...
In short - - - people paid money into the Church and much of what the Church did was open to argument & debate. What made the growing middle class of England and the German States susseptiple to the cry of Protestant Reform was to quit giving their money to the Church and giving instead to their guilds & charities & organization. In England, Henry the Eight literaly offfered the middle class their souls in exchange for 'raping & pillaging' the Catholic chruch, for decades afterwards church buildings were 'mined' for lead & stone & glass while in the immediate wake of the English seizure of the Monastaries was state looting of wealth.
The issue of Corruption was a viable excuse - - - and yes there was corruption but everything depends on how it is spun. The Engish were quite good at cloaking the looting of Catholicism as an act ordained by God and Jesus... The issue of Corruption was one of many causes of the Protestant Reformation......
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