Renaissance+Religoin


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 * During the 16th Century the Catholic church had most of the power. The only thing is that it started to become corrupt. People during the Renaissance said that the pope and other religious leaders were not doing church business. The first person to take action on this recall was Martin Luther. He gave many grievances against the church. Martin Luther's 95 Thesis was the start of this Reformation. This Movement resulted in a separate kind of church that people joined which was Protestant church. Luther's ideas spread through Europe very quickly and in German states that got the choice to choose between Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism. || In Renaissance Europe, there were many kinds of religious communities. Catholicism offered a range of options for involvement in religious life. A average person in the Renaissance Europe could attend church, listening to the priests chant the mass and joining in on prayers. A person who is very devout might decide to join a monastery. A monastery is a community of men or women who spent most of their time in prayer and doing good deeds. Protestantism was a new kind of belief system in the Renaissance they did not have monasteries nor a role for monks or nuns to be in this religion. || John knox was a scottish clergyman and the leader of the Protestant Reformation. He is considered the founder of Presbyterian denomination. When John Knox was becoming educated he had a job as a notary preist. John Knox was influenced by early church reformations so he joined the scottish church reform. When he was under King Edward VI he wrote the Book of Common Prayers which he showed a reforming influence. ||