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Aug 8, 2022 · Rumblings of what would become The Protestant Reformation started in the 14th century with men and woman noticing something wrong in the Church. From community priests to the pope himself, corruption and abuse of power ran rampant, and it intimately affected the lives of millions of people across Europe. Drastic reforms were needed.
Americans Feel More Positive Than Negative About Jews, Mainline Protestants, Catholics. Most U.S. adults are neutral toward several religious groups, though Americans tend to rate their own religious group positively. More than a third of Americans hold unfavorable views of multiple religious groups. short readsFeb 6, 2023.
Protestantism - Missions, Expansion, Globalization: As European and to a lesser extent American power grew in the 19th century, the Protestant churches entered their greatest period of expansion. Confronted at home by new industrial cities, they developed social services on a scale hitherto unknown, including hospitals, orphanages, temperance work, care of the old, extension of education to ...
The Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), a conflict in which most of the countries of Europe fought and about eight million people died. The war was partly a struggle between Roman Catholics, Calvinists, and Lutherans. List of some of the major causes and effects of the Reformation, the religious revolution that separated the Christians of western ...
tl; dr - The Protestant Reformation was neither good nor bad, because (1) historians try not to take a bias towards events in history; (2) the Reformation had both good and bad side effects; and (3) it is difficult to tell if these side effects would have happened anyway without the Reformation or if the Reformation was what caused or escalated ...
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Protestantism - Modernization, Ecumenism, Globalization: World War I broke Europe’s waning self-confidence in the merits of its own civilization and, because it was fought between Christian nations, weakened worldwide Christianity. The seizure of power by a formally atheist government in Russia in 1917 brought negative pressure on Christendom and sharpened the social and working class ...
Protestantism originated from the Protestation at Speyer in 1529, where the nobility protested against enforcement of the Edict of Worms which subjected advocates of Lutheranism to forfeiture of all of their property. However, the theological underpinnings go back much further, as Protestant theologians of the time cited both Church Fathers and ...
