Religious Reformation in the Middle Ages
Throughout the middle ages, religion underwent much criticism and controversy. In a time where Catholicism reigned as the sole religion, ideas arose that opposed this strict faith. These ideas spawned the Protestant reform and changed religion throughout Europe. It not only changed religious practices and the path to God, but also initiated political repercussions. These results were all in search of an answer to the question to which everyone sought assurance: "How do I know I am saved?"
At the start of the sixteenth century, after years of living under strict Catholic rule, Christians began to question their means to salvation. They had long been under the belief that the sacramental system combined with blind obedience to the Pope, were necessary to achieve spiritual salvation and happiness in the afterlife. As the devotio moderna and the idea of humanism spread to Northern Europe, new ideas were placed into peoples' heads.......
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