Protestant Reformation.

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Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was triggered by a number of factors which portrayed the church as been laid on false doctrine . The church had been engaged in numerous corruption activities . As the main driving force Protestant Reformation , Martin Luther cited corruption by clergy in Rome (Kreis , 2009 . According to him the church was engaged in selling indulgence , a contradiction to the provisions of the Holy Bible . Another factor was the debate of religious superiority (Kreis , 2009 . The Latin

br Christianity was predominantly monastic . It is commonly asserted that reformers disagreed with the distinction that existed between common Christian and nuns and monks

The third factor to the Protestant Reformation was to ensure that all members of the community read and understood the true written in the bible (Kreis , 2009 . Originally , bible was only written in Latin . This was perceived limiting the ability of common members to appreciate its contents . For Martin Luther , religion and God 's should work in every part of the world (Hagstotz , 1996 . In his teachings as a Protestant Reformers , Martin Luther believed that no human selling indulgence and encouraging corrupt practices in the church contradicted the reality as evident in the church

Another Protestant Reformers is King Henry VIII who by his authority ed for publication of bible in English . In addition to this , he was opposed to the economic privilege that the church enjoyed . Due to this he took most of the money and land that...