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This 6 page paper answers two questions pertinent to the Protestant Reformation and beyond. Many religious issues are broached. Ideas about religion and how the reformation changed things are things discussed. Changes in the church is the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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and political life. During the year 1500, one church united all of Europe and within fifty years time, that was no longer the case; in fact, the events which happened
to change the religious landscape may be thought of as the end of the Middle Ages (Roberts 293). This new Europe, which resulted from a great deal of upheaval would
later be known as the Protestant Reformation (Roberts 293). The trouble started with Martin Luther. Luther, a German monk, decided to protest against several practices in the church (Roberts 293).
Another interesting aspect is that although Luther started it all, due to the philosophy inherent in Protestantism, people began to think differently. Not all agreed with Luther, even though
they agreed with the premise that Catholicism was not correct. Therefore, other groups sprang up. Calvinism came about in the 1530s (Roberts 293). Calvinism was a religion which spread rapidly
in the middle classes of Europe in particular; people in the cities as well as smaller landowners were attracted to the sect (Scott as cited in Belitto 274) . They
believed that their hard work was a part of Gods grand plan and so the embraced this leaders concepts (Belitto 274). His teachings appealed to many who were of the
working classes and objected to their ragged conditions (Belitto 274). In some way, Calvinism gave them comfort. They were living a certain way, but it was Gods influence so it
was okay. In many ways, they were using religion to rationalize their state of affairs. Although John Calvin attracted the lower and middle classes, this was not his sole following.
In studying Calvinism it is important to examine the concepts that Calvin promoted. Calvinism is twofold; it has a doctrinal part as well as a cultural aspect and the
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