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This 3 page paper examines the Reformation and how it might have been influenced by the Renaissance. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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movement that would change the way people looked at life, it was different from the Reformation. Of course, the Renaissance did have an influence on the Reformation. It had to.
Estep (1986) writes: "Obviously, the Renaissance did not come to a close with the beginning of the Reformation or even the death of Erasmus-it lived on. But it was not
unaffected by the revolutionary impact of the new movement that was rapidly commending attention at center stage" (p.20). While it is agreed that there was an influence of one movement
to the next, as it is hard to dispute that point, to what extent is this the case? Was the Reformation a reaction against the Renaissance or was it an
adjunct to it? First, what is the Renaissance? It has been defined as follows: " Renaissance is the name of the great intellectual and cultural movement of the revival
of interest in classical culture that occurred in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- a period which saw the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times" ("Renaissance," 2007).
People were changing their ideas. This is something that was not really aligned with religious ideology. Still, the Renaissance represented a change in thinking and a new freedom. Perhaps this
gave those who were inclined to change the impetus to do so. Many of the well known people to emerge from the times were out to change the world. One
example is Martin Luther (2007) who writes: " For man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body, in order to work on its account, but also for
all men on earth; nay, he lives only for others, and not for himself." Here, it is claimed that men are supposed to reach out to other people. Some
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