2006-12-19 09:19:53 · 4 answers · asked by Me<3JB 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Some within the Catholic Church agreed that there should be some reform in some areas and acted accordingly. So there was a call for reform within the Catholic community, but in other instances it made some even more stubborn to cling to their traditions and resist any attempts of reform. Some became very vigilant about the faith. And it could be dangerous to be Reformed or Protestant in an area/country/region ruled by Catholic leaders. Much like it could be dangerous to be Catholic and live in a Reformed or Protestant region/country etc. Neither side was much for tolerating the other. There were too many disagreements to live side by side in peace.
2006-12-19 10:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious influences for the Reformation
While there were some parallels between certain movements within humanism and teachings later common among the Reformers, the Reformation's principal arguments were based on "direct" Biblical interpretation. The Roman Catholic Church had for several centuries been the main purveyor in Europe of non-secular humanism: the neo-Platonism of the scholastics and the neo-Aristotelianism of Thomas Aquinas and his followers had made humanism a part of Church dogma. This was of course due to the Catholic Church's use of historic, religious tradition (including the Canonization of Saints) in the forming of its liturgy. Thus, when Luther and the other reformers adopted the standard of sola scriptura, making the Bible the sole measure of theology, they made the Reformation a reaction against the humanism of that time. Previously, the Scriptures had been seen as the pinnacle of a hierarchy of sacred texts. (1)
2006-12-19 10:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They first got rid of anybody who challenged them. They had the power to do this because at the time they were in complete control of government as well. When Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg Church in Germany he had the backing of some of the nobles in the Holy Roman Empire(Germany, Austria and several others at the time). Some did still die in the attempt to aid and help Luther, but in quick order the peasants of Germany and surrounding countries embraced his theology, and their numbers swelled to such a large size that the Church had to recognize them and several wars ensued that their main cause was religion.
2006-12-19 14:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the same way that they responded to anyone that didn't agree with them,burn them.or simple execution,
2006-12-19 10:29:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋