Renaissance Reformation

1.     Explain the Teachings of Martin Luther and his actions against the Catholic Church.

Well he believed some of the teachings of the Catholic church. That they started good, but now that there was like only one religion the Catholic church was using it's power for wrong things. Martin Luther didn't like this and he posted ninety five of his theses, or things he didn't like about the Catholic church, on the Church so everyone could see them.

2.     Identify the other influential people during the Reformation.

Another monk by the name of  Girolamo Savonarola also wanted a reformation. But the Catholic Church executed him. Another man named John Calvin spread Protestantism. I personally don't like John that much. I don't like his Ideas, I think they are wrong. When Martin Luther says it doesn't matter what actions you take all that matters is your faith in God, and that you should read the bible because it has all of the truth in it, he even translated it to German so they could read it. But John Calvin says we were Predestined, that we already were chosen where we were going to go before we came to earth, that our actions on earth didn't matter, because we were already chosen. The people said that is this were true then they didn't have any motivation to do anything good. He countered that by saying you should live good lives to show that you are chosen by God.

3.     Explain the Counter-Reformation.

Well the Catholic church decided to try a reformation after Queen Elizabeth I. One of the things they did was train better priests because that was one of the complains on Martin Luther's list.They also had new Religious orders such as the Jesuit Order where members worked as missionaries and preached all around the world. Another one was getting rid of everything that was bad even through violence if necessary.