Effects Of The Reformation

The Reformation The Reformation started in the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe. It started at the Roman Catholic church. People were mad at the church and thought that the popes and clergies got to political. The way they raised money for the church was considerate unfair. They told you that you can buy your way out of sin, they called it indulgences. Christians were really mad at this and soon people were complaining at the church. The People told the pope and clergy to make changes to the church this weakened the church. This was called reform. Several People we know went against the church like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and William Tyndale. Martin Luther taught
They became missionaries. Missionaries were people whose goal was to take Catholic teachings around the world. They also hoped to win Protestants back to the Catholic Church. Many of the new Catholic missionaries were Jesuits. These priests went to Africa and Asia to spread Catholicism. Missionaries baptized millions of people, and through their work the effects of the Catholic Reformation reached far beyond Europe. The Reformation changed religion in Europe and led to political and cultural conflicts. At the beginning of the 1500s, nearly all of Europe was Catholic; however, by 1600 things had changed. While most of southern Europe was Catholic, the northern areas were Protestant.In Spain and southern Europe, nearly everyone was still Catholic. In northern countries such as England, Scotland, Norway, and Sweden, people were mostly Protestant. In the Holy Roman Empire, each prince chose the religion for his territory, so it became a patchwork of different kingdoms, some Protestant and some Catholic. European missionaries and pilgrims brought Christianity to North and South America. Most of the European missionaries were Catholic. The British