Modern Church History 1517 and After: Part 1
The Background of Reformation
Part of Modern Church History 1517-
April 19, 2023
Reformation and Counter-Reformation, 1517–1648
THE BACKGROUND OF REFORMATION
Geographical Change
Political Change
Economic Change
Social Change
Intellectual Change
Religious Change
causes of The Reformation
- Political
- Econmic
- Intellectual
- Moral
- Social
- Failure to Meet Real Needs
- Dissatisfaction
What is an Indulgence?
Archbishop Albert (1490–1545)
Pope Leo X
Fugger banking family in Augsburg
This idea was first formulated by Alexander of Hales in the thirteenth century. Clement VI declared it to be dogma in 1343. A later papal bull of Sixtus IV in 1476 extended this privilege to souls in purgatory, provided their living relatives purchased indulgences for them.
Johann Tetzel,
Cairns, Earle E. Christianity through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church. Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.