Reformation
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Martin Luther and John Calvin were both political and religious leaders of there generations. Martin Luther, who started out as a lawyer became a priest and posted his 95 complaints or theses. John Calvin on the other hand also started out as a lawyer but became very interested in what had been taking place in Germany with regards to the reformation. When given the option to help in the reformation he was right in there. Aside from these two leaders there was a third that had just as much of an impact as Luther and Calvin. King Henry the VIII, created the Anglican Church after Luther and Calvin had fought for the reformation of the church.
Martin Luther, a man from the German decent went through school and majored in Law but had a fascination for the bible and religion. In 1512 he became a teacher of Biblical studies. Luther studied the bible and what it had to say for a long time. He realized in 1520 that one can not be saved by mere good works but one must have a personal relationship with God himself .
Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but an evil man does evil works. Consequently it is always necessary that the substance or person himself be good before there can be any good work, and that good works follow and proceed from the good personÐ..
Marin Luther in 1517 posted his 95 theses on the Castle of Wittenberg Church in Germany. This was a document that revealed his thoughts and complaints against the Catholic Church. He then formed his own sort of religion that focused on generating a personal relationship with God and only performing sacraments that were in the bible. Therefore he was the one that started the public motion of Protestantism.
Then there was John Calvin, he was a man who went through school majoring in law. He was interested in religion and the work Martin Luther had started in Germany in regards to the reformation of the church. Calvin for the most part picked up the ends that Luther left unfinished. Calvin worked busily at writing a book called, “Institutions of the Christian Religion”, and it was published in 1536. With that another form of religion was put forth by John Calvin, it was known as Calvinism. Calvinism in todays day and age is still being “practiced”; the Presbyterian Church is the only church still based on the original foundations that John Calvin set. John Calvin fought hard for what he believed in, he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and was not accepted by the general public due to his faith. But Luther and Calvin were not the only men who went forth to chance the church.
King Henry the VIII had also a big role in the reformation. At the time of the reformation he was the King of England. During the time of his ruling of England he divorced his wife. Due to the fact that his wife was catholic once he divorced he wanted to have nothing to do with her religion. King Henry the VIII then establishes the Anglican