Church Reform
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Church Reform
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The Reformation of European religion in the 16th century cannot be generally attributed
to the secular spirit of the Italian Renaissance. Although the peasants saw bishops and
abbots as part of a wealthy and oppressive ruling class and rebelled against the Roman
Catholic Church for reasons primarily pertaining to the lavish adornments used by those
aforementioned, their power was not great enough, nor did their reasons carry enough
clout to start a reformation movement throughout Europe: that job was accomplished
by those already having some, however small, social or religious power, such as the
monk Martin Luther, the accomplished priest and lawyer Jean Cauvin, and King Henry
VIII of England.
The Lutheran...