The Reformation

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wanted to be more involved in the government because they thought that if they had power people would follow their religion and maybe they could use that power to force people to practice under their religion. These were the first reasons for . After this there were many more events that led to the first breaking of the Roman Catholic churches.
The first breaking of the churches occurred in Germany. Germany was the spot of the first breaking because at the time, Germany had a very weak government. Their political situation also wasn�t the greatest; therefore, the breaking of the churches was not going to be stopped. Then Pope Leo came along and appointed Tetzel to sell indulgences to the people. This made Martin Luther very angry. He was angry because he himself was in search of salvation and he believed that the selling of indulgences was criminal-like. He also believed in the inner-faith of god, and that too also went fully against indulgences. In a reaction to the ...

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and his armies did defeat the Protestants in wars, but because it Lutheranism was spread all over, the movement of the reformation couldn�t be stopped. After the religious wars, the Peace of Augsburg, a peace treaty, was signed in 1555. By this treaty, Charles V was forced to grant to the ruler of each German State, the right to choose Catholicism or Lutheranism (Compton�s).
While these religious happenings were occurring in Germany, England was also breaking away from their churches. There breaking was more political than religious. King Henry wanted to divorce from his wife, but the Pope wouldn�t let him because it was against the religion. Furious by the Pop�s refusal, King Henry ...

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