reformation
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Reformation-- Basic overview of what the hell was going on in the lives of these crazy cats:
Religious purists in the agrarian hinterland of the West objected strongly to the new secular or materialist spirit growing up with the Renaissance. One of these was the German professor-priest Martin Luther who in 1517 issued a challenge to the church over this new interest in worldly affairs. He wanted the church to return to the pure (spiritual) ways of the early church--and back away from all this recent interest in power and wealth--which was rapidly corrupting it. Also, he wanted faith initiatives to be returned to the individual believer. Priesthood belonged to the believer--not to the religious hierarchy. To press home this challenge, Luther translated the Bible into German--to give the common people access to all priestly authority: the Word of God.
He wants to reform corruptness in churchmake it pure again
Church should be accessible to everyone, this is where faith alone comes into playgood works in rome seemed to be something that only wealthy could obtainthis is also why he writes in the vernacular(language of the people), so that all can understand what is being taughthe was in a sense an educator
Irritated, the church told him to cease his challenge. But he refused to yield. When princely political interests came to his aid--his rebellion exploded. The "Lutheran" movement began spreading across the north of Germany...