what publications criticized the Catholic church in between the 1500s and the 1700s?

Question

this is a huge social studies question due tomorrow and i need to get it right

Answer 1

The CJ Movement.

Answer 2

Go to Wikipedia & enter, "List of books by Martin Luther".

They were all critical of Catholic Church practices. Also, any publications by John Calvin or any Protestant Church from the era.

Anglicans
Lutherans
Presbyterians

They all heavily criticized the Catholic Church . The titles and authors are many and varied.

The writings of the Albigenses, Waldensians, and ancient Cathari were destroyed by the Catholic Church priot to the 1500's.

Answer 3

...also, "On The Babylonian Captivity Of The Church", 1520
by Martin Luther. In the early 1500´s he wrote 1/4 of all books published in Germany, all of them anti-catholic.

....The Papacy And Its Divisions, Hans Sachs,
Nuremberg, 1526 - preface by Martin Luther
http://www.canadafirst.net/our_heritage/luther/

.....the reformation in brittain:1559 (Act of Uniformity, Act of Supremacy) a Church of England with clear Reformation doctrines. A string of further executions of leading Catholics, such as the .....

look for any publication from the reformation.

Answer 4

On October 31, 1517, Luther wrote to Albert, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, protesting the sale of indulgences. He nailed it on the church door..That's one.

Answer 5

Look up the Protestant Reformation movement
Luther, Calvin, Wycliffe and others
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation

Answer 6

King James Bible