why did the religions of Catholicism and Protestant clash for many years?

Question

i keep reading about it in my history book, just wondering!

Answer 1

the protestants stopped paying tithe's to the catholic church and ruined some of their cozy political control scams. It was all about power and money.

Answer 2

The Protestant Reformation, led by Martin Luther and many others, objected to the excesses of the Roman Catholic Church, rightfully I say, as Catholicism in the 14 and 15th &16th centuries was out of hand, as their own history admits to. If you are familiar with the term 'death to the infidel' that gives you a fair picture of what Protestism rebelled against. The schism still exists, to a degree, in certain parts of the world.

Answer 3

Catholicism was the only Christian religion for years. Martin Luther came along and changed things. In his original desire to stop some corruption that was going one...he got full of himself and took it to far. He decided he knew better than the Church and that kicked of the Reformation.

Those that took after him became Protestants because they protested the Catholic faith. Today, they continue to protest the Catholic faith because that is their purpose. But Jesus promised us that the gates of hell would not prevail against his Church...and that promise has been kept.

What Brother Michael says is an example of the misunderstanding of Catholicism that has ensued since Martin Luther took his heretical stance against the Church. The teaching of purgatory is biblical and was believed by the Jews. We do not worship Mary, idols or saints. This is a very popular misconception though...but as a Catholic I can state that this is untrue and has never been taught nor sanctioned by the Catholic Church.

Answer 4

The protestants disagreed mainly with the pope having so much legal control over the people... they didn't believe the Pope and the heirarchy of bishops, nuns and so forth, should have such high acclaim, authority, and jurisdiction... then there were the finer points of the Bible - that the people should be able to read the Bible themselves and not have to depend on the priests, that Jesus loved everyone and they shouldn't have to go through a priest to have a relationship with Jesus, that (only some of them) they did not need priestly intercessors for prayer, that the common man's prayer would be heard, that no one needed to "invoke God", that they didn't need priests to hear their confessions and the Canons came into protest also and so on... it was fundamental: They NEVER wanted the Pope to be in such control, priests and nuns did not compute; they said there should be ministers who could marry and other stuff like that.

If memory serves me, there were also fights about the Holy Trinity and the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost; whether to say Halleuia or Alleuia... and it got really indepth ... so much so over time; it became a Christendom of over 500 denominations... and counting.

Answer 5

Catholics are more traditional in the sences(longer history,more ceremonys stuff like that) Protesents made religon more about the people(at the begining) since then the two have always been fighting for the leaders and community to share there same beliefs. How can they fight when thy both beleive in Jesus? Well i guess they just disagree on how to show there love for him, or represent him on earth.

Answer 6

"Did?"
We still are, honey.
Catholicism strayed from Biblical truths and became overrun with ritualistic human practices. Nepotism being one, and selling indulgences for another.
Then, the Holy See condemned all Bible believing Christians who would not kowtow to Papal authority, and Martyred many of them. (FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS)
The Vatican Councils have continued their condemnation, and the current Pope now says that Protestant Churches are not even churches! Anathema!

Let's see? That enough reason for ya?

Answer 7

The reformation was started because of the Roman Catholic Churches abuses and their moving away from the Biblical foundation that Christianity was founded on. The great reformers such as Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Zwingli, Knox and Calvin all sought to "reform" Christianity by taking it back to its Biblical roots. The RCC had introduced much heresy into its teachings and ceremonies, including, indulgences, infant baptism, the priesthood, transubstantiation, Mary worship, purgatory, etc.. The reformers saw these heresies for what they were, and worked and many died, trying to reintroduce Biblical Christianity.

Answer 8

The Gospel is the key here. Without the Gospel, the TRUE Gospel, we would all perish in hell.

There is only ONE GOSPEL, ONE TRUTH. The catholics do not teach the TRUE GOSPEL. This was the thing that separated the catholics and the prostestants.

Thank God for those who had/have the integrity to stand up against those who are false teachers of a false gospel, which is no Gospel at all. Only by grace, through faith in Jesus
Christ are we saved, that is the TRUE GOSPEL. The catholics do NOT teach the TRUE GOSPEL

Answer 9

Because Catholic doctrine excludes Protestants from being true Christians.

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Answer 10

Still do as a matter of fact - every day in Northern Ireland. Pick up your newspaper and read it sometimes. They killle each other. It's all over dominion and control - same as always.