Protestant Reformation Research Paper

The movement of the Reformation was a flow of ideas, reasons, concerns, and a passion for changes that formed and shifted into the main scene after years of power being abused.
In the late middle ages, the church started receiving criticism; due to their way of handling things. In the mist of the criticism, religious leaders and Popes started to solidify their power, and even over spiritual matters. With such action taking place during a long period of years, a change had to come forth. With such a circumstance taken place, The Reformation or some may have called this movement as the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation Came into the main uproar once Martin Luther started with the publication of the Ninety-five Theses in 1517. Two years …show more content…
John Wyclif wrote in his doctrine, " This doctrine is a manifold blasphemy against Christ, inasmuch as the pope is extolled above his humanity and deity, and so above all that is called God pretensions which, according to the declarations of the apostle, agree with the character of Antichrist; for he possess Caesarean power above Christ, who had not where to lay his head."[4] With the purchase of indulgences left a distasteful favor and an unpleasing scent in the air. Many Christian wonders how a Pope and the church of Rome could contribute to something such indulgences. It seems as if the church of Rome was putting a price on God's grace and mercy. After reading this passage, Luther claims he viewed "righteousness" as the gracious gift of God. Luther realized the righteousness of God is passive, not active. It is a gift to be received. It cannot be earned through rituals, penance or prayer. Luther also believed that the Pope did not have authority over purgatory and that the Catholic doctrine of the Merits of the Saints did not have any justification in the …show more content…
If things continue as they were going the Pope and the church of Roman would've continued to stray further away from the foundation of God's words. Martin Luther took the action to called out the Pope and the church of Roman. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed a copy of his ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. The ninety-five theses rejected the abuse of indulgences. The theses claimed that true remorse implied true repentance. Mortification of the flesh Penance is useless without repentance. [7] Luther believed the real gold of the church, was the

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