Religions have strengths and weaknesses that can cause impact. The Catholic Church caused impact for their weaknesses during the Renaissance. The Protestant group of religions all came from the main Catholic Church. Protestant churches started forming during 1450-1750 BCE in Europe. The protestant churches of the early modern period were strong, had weaknesses, and impacted each other.
Protestant churches all began with one strong leader that was willing to fight against the Catholic Church. The German monk Martin Luther believed that the church was not properly following the bible so he nailed his 95 theses to the door of The Castle church of Wittenberg. He gained many followers who wanted to protest the taxes of the Roman Church. King Henry VIII of England created the Anglican Church when the Catholic Church refused to let him divorce his first wife. Jean Calvin, a French theologian, created Calvinism with his theory of God’s predestination of those who would be saved.
Although these new religions were strong enough to break away from the church, they had a weakness for fighting with each other. The Catholic Reforms caused a war between the Calvinists and the Catholics that was resolved with a treaty that stated a tolerance for Protestants. German Protestants allied with Swedish Lutherans in the Thirty Years War against the Holy Roman Empire who allied with Spain. Religious fighting also punctuated British history before the reign of Elizabeth in the 16th century and during the English Civil War.
The biggest impacts these religions had on their neighbors was conversion. Obviously the new religions spread to new places. The Lutheran church converted many other countries including the Netherlands and Sweden. The religious wars also caused some impact on neighboring countries and their allies. Also the witch craft persecutions spread because of religion.
Religions have many strengths as well as weaknesses. The influences of these strengths and weaknesses can cause impact. The Protestant Churches were very strong, but had weaknesses that caused impact on their neighbors. The new religions did not always see eye to eye, so many wars pollute the history of this era. Neighbors and allies alike as well as religion its self were all affected by the creation of protestant churches.
Protestant churches all began with one strong leader that was willing to fight against the Catholic Church. The German monk Martin Luther believed that the church was not properly following the bible so he nailed his 95 theses to the door of The Castle church of Wittenberg. He gained many followers who wanted to protest the taxes of the Roman Church. King Henry VIII of England created the Anglican Church when the Catholic Church refused to let him divorce his first wife. Jean Calvin, a French theologian, created Calvinism with his theory of God’s predestination of those who would be saved.
Although these new religions were strong enough to break away from the church, they had a weakness for fighting with each other. The Catholic Reforms caused a war between the Calvinists and the Catholics that was resolved with a treaty that stated a tolerance for Protestants. German Protestants allied with Swedish Lutherans in the Thirty Years War against the Holy Roman Empire who allied with Spain. Religious fighting also punctuated British history before the reign of Elizabeth in the 16th century and during the English Civil War.
The biggest impacts these religions had on their neighbors was conversion. Obviously the new religions spread to new places. The Lutheran church converted many other countries including the Netherlands and Sweden. The religious wars also caused some impact on neighboring countries and their allies. Also the witch craft persecutions spread because of religion.
Religions have many strengths as well as weaknesses. The influences of these strengths and weaknesses can cause impact. The Protestant Churches were very strong, but had weaknesses that caused impact on their neighbors. The new religions did not always see eye to eye, so many wars pollute the history of this era. Neighbors and allies alike as well as religion its self were all affected by the creation of protestant churches.
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