When looking at any historical event, it is vital to utilize logic, and not allow pride and other emotions to interfere. In order to understand a historical concept as intricate as, for example, multiple causation, a special, scholarly reasoning must be applied. Rather than trying to discover what one wishes to unearth, it is best to study documents with a "spirit of humility." That being said, it cannot be disputed that multiple causation was indeed responsible for the Protestant Reformation.
Using the elementary line of thought, which dictates that a single event caused the Reformation, is fruitless. It is important to elucidate the various events that are actually attributed to causing the Reformation. To summarize, it was Luther's activities, the number of supporters he gained, the papal control of the Church, their corrupt "sales of indulgences," the invention of the printing press, emerging social forces, Charles V's dilemma, the internal conflict between the papacy......
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