THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

The Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation

Thesis Statement

The Protestant Reformation was a natural culmination of the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church.Introduction

Corruption of the Roman Catholic Church began to spread. Simonyi, or purchase the church office, had been circulated with pluralism(Gray 2003), which was appointed several bishops in several areas. Meanwhile, in connection with the invention of the printing press, the ordinary people read the doctrine for themselves. Although the movement dates from the early 16 th century, when Martin Luther first defied the authority of the church, the conditions which led to his revolutionary stand existed for hundreds of ...