Reformation Case
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Reformation is a Reaction against Renaissance, a rebellion against the cult of human body, quest for luxury, joy, celebration and power.
The Renaissance and the Reformation are two of the most considerable eras in history, which follow each other respectively yet contrast in all means. Even if that fact of Renaissance ideology and humanism lead to the Reformation is undeniable, the values of these two succeeding periods of time vary and oppose completely, therefore the Reformation is in no way a continuation to Renaissance. While during Renaissance, humanism, individualism, secularism, and realism but also logic were valued, Reformation, in the other hand was more about chastity, obedience, and religious fragmentation.
The Italian Renaissance was one of the most productive periods in the history of art, painting, sculpture, architecture, and poetry with a large number of exceptional masterpieces. It is based on the idea of Humanism; meaning to take the focus off of God (which was the case in Medieval times, and then in Reformation) and put more focus on people and their achievements. Ideas in Renaissance were expressed through logic, art, and poetry. It was the basis to Reformation, as the ideas of logic and humanism evolved, lead people to question the morality and decisions of the church thus leading to a Reformation and schism between churches. The biggest example to this is William of Occam, an English monk who criticized papacy, rejected scholastic rationalism and was more concrete than Luther, who lived from 1290 to 1349. However, as opposed to Luther his ideas were not valued and he never really made an impact in the time he was in. Luther on the other hand did make a big impact on the era he lived in, as he initiated Protestant movement. He believed that “only faith gives us access to theological truths. The ways of God are not open to reason, for God has freely chosen to create a world and establish a way of salvation within it apart from any necessary laws that human logic or rationality can uncover”, but also how the church was becoming more an administration seeking more money rather than a religious institution which sought to give people an example of how to live for a better afterlife. Renaissance was a period of time which was a quest of luxury, joy celebration and power which yielded pieces of art, new architecture, and changed lifestyle of those in living it. It opposed the Medieval ideas of poverty, obedience, chastity, and valued the human body and physical attraction (which was taboo in the Medieval era).
Reformation, on the other hand, is against the cult of human body, quest for luxury, joy, celebration and power. Life was different as people didnt display the joy of living and werent as ostentatious. Some people changed radically lifestyle as they wore black, couldnt