Why did the Protestant Reformation Happen?

Why did the Protestant Reformation Happen?

♦ The Protestant Reformation is widely known for Martin Luther’s publication of his “95 Theses” or “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” and marks the second schism of sorts for the Catholic church. In reality, the reformation of western Christianity was long in the making, and Martin Luther was not its only leader…
While many view the start of the Protestant Reformation as having been in 1517 following the publication of Martin Luther’s theses, the actual date of its beginning is somewhat unclear. There were essentially three main reformation movements; one in Germany, one in England, and one in Switzerland - with all of them occurring around the same time in the 16th century.

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[schwarzerse]

Fun fact: The german dialect used in Luthers bible translation became the standard german we know today, because everybody had to learn it in order to read the Bible (and everybody had a bible at home).

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

Blaise Pascal once wrote:

"There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous"

[UnclePengy]

The reformation was beginning before Luther or Calvin came on the scene. Both the Waldensians (c. 1173) originating in Lyons and the Hussites in Bohemia (c. 1415) preceded them. The Hussites fought a war against Catholics and ended up winning that fight, and practiced their own faith in the Czech region for a couple of hundred years, until the Thirty Years War rolled through (now they are known as the Moravian church).

[jonbold]

If you read the Gospels carefully and analytically, it is easy to see how far the churches have run off the rails.

[breabanm]

I believe a very important detail was left out. Namely the local counts and princes in Germany were supposed to pay heavy dues to the Catholic Church (also because St. Peters was being built at the time) and they were very annoyed about this. Luther gave them the perfect excuse to stick it to the Pope, so when Luther kickstarted the Reform and defied the church, the local princes and counts gave him protection from the church with the very nice side effect of not having to pay the hefty dues anymore. Of course this led to war at some point so... I guess we all must live with our choices.

[theressamurphy]

My ancestors were crucified for their religious beliefs. They were Protestants from Bavaria, Germany. My family sailed to the east coast in the early 1600's of America and settled in Virginia

[someguyfromarcticfreezer]

As a Lutheranian I have at least two Bibles in my house, my grand parents (that I have inherit) and modern bible (new paper, more robust), and it is written in my language.

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Fun fact: Historically Pyongyang was called the Jerusalem of the East because it once had a big Christian presence, more specifically Protestant

[simonedaniek]

You may have mentioned Jan Hus of Bohemia and the Hussites who came a 100 years earlier and already protested the selling of indulgences, translating the Bible into Czech and the Bible as the authority. They formed armies and successfully fought the Catholic Crusaders called upon the land. Luther actually took many of his ideas from Jan Hus. It was a very important prerequisite to the Reformation already weakening the church by the time Luther nailed his thesis. Check it out.

[nathanbeard]

Thank you for including the Restorationists. We are often overlooked when it comes to big picture issues like this.

[guywillson]

You need to add! The Reformation began before Luther was a twinkle in his mother's eye. John Wycliffe was 150 years before Luther and a few hundred Bibles were hand written by volunteer scribes, some of which survive to this day. Wycliffe taught at Oxford and had the patronage of John of Gaunt. He also taught some Bohemians the Word of God and they later became the Hussites. He had his own movement in England too. The Lollards. Wycliffe was called "The Morning Star of the Reformation"

[vattghern]

"Polish-Lithuanian Empire"
So here is a like" from some Polish man.
Keep going

[Patrick-jdny]

It’s always a pity that people forget the Hussite reformation. I feel like they’re entirely forgotten by content creators

[StevieObieYT]

The Catholic Church was never opposed to people reading the Bible. What it opposed was people reading interpretations the Bible apart from the teaching authority of the Church, which would lead to the kinds of problems we have today with 30, 000 denominations interpreting Scripture differently. The Bible itself warns against this:

"Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation" (2 Peter 1:20).

[ivanstrydom]

As a South African Protestant of French and Dutch decent, It was an immense delight to get to visit the Vatican as well as numerous Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches all over Poland and Lithuania.
I just pray that I may someday get to visit Jerusalem as well. To walk where our Saviour walked.

[gritosalerta]

Borneo protestant from Sabah, Malaysia HERE!

[zalacainbilbao]

There was also the Hussite movement in and around what is today Czechia.

[edwardblair]

King Henry VIII of England was awarded the title "Defender of the Faith" by the Pope after he published a statement against Luther. The joke is that the Pope forgot to specify WHICH faith he was supposed to defend. The monarchs of England retain this title to this day.

[thomasrhymer]

Regardless, the sickest part of the history of Christianity is the persecution and killing of one another over differences of beliefs while both Catholics and Protestants taught that God is Love and that we should love one another and pray for those who mistreat us - seriously, what were they all thinking??!!! so many lives lost ..

[Sunnysunshower]

I think that the fact that the catholic church did end up listening to the reformists complaints, and reforming the catholic church afterwards whilst still affirming and better clarifying its, at the time 1400-year-old doctrine of faith, is a fact that is too often overlooked.