Renaissance+Religion

and people started to criticize the church for being corrupt and selling indulgences. The bad thing was for the church people started to leave their faith and switch religions. This meant for the church, it had less power over people because a bunch of people left. This lowered the power of the church over people and people such as Martin Luther demanded change to the church. His idea was salvation was gained from faith alone, which went over with some but not with others. Eventually the religions became bigger gaining more power over people. "The Reformation." ABC- CLIO Modern Era. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2010. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=26&entryid= 309402&searchtext=humanism&type=simple&option=all>. || formed a more strict section of Christianity. He created this religion and some people joined up, making the Protestants have a somewhat amount of political power, or just power over some of the people. With this he could influence people of the religion and govern their lives. Also people in this religion could get a different social status because of being in another religion. It may promote their status or lower it. "John Calvin." ABC CLIO modern History. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2010. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=22&entryid=302400& searchtext=john+calvin&type=simple&opti on=all> || in the Catholic Church. He is the founder of Protestantism and came up with the 99 reasons. He directly attacked the church and criticized the church for indulgences and questioned, if the pope had the ability to release people from purgatory, why doesn't he release everyone? He led the reformation and wanted the church to be reformed, and cleansed of this corruption. He attacked the pope, which was a major power and had major political power. In result of him attack, he was excommunicated from the church. "Martin Luther." ABC-CLIO: World History Modern Era. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=22&entryid= 304818&searchtext=martin+luther&type=simple&op tion=reference> || Type in the content of your page here.
 * || The Reformation had a good and a bad side. The good side was that new religions came out,
 * || John Calvin was the leader of the Protestant Reformation. He broke away from the church and
 * || Martin Luther was a German theologian who brought on the Reformation by demanding changes