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Their reforms were accepted -
The Roman Catholic Church sold letters of indulgence to reduce a soul's time in purgatory. -
His reforms were accepted as well -
John Wyclif (14th century), Jan Hus (15th century) thought that the Pope had too much power and that the Bible should be translated into several languages. The Church rejected their reforms. -
They cared about money and power and patronized arts. They organized building programs, for example the Saint Peter Basilica and a lot of them led a luxurious way of life. -
Uneducated and ignorant priests, who neglected their parish. Immoral clergy, popes with children, murder and prostitution and simony and nepotism.
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Practise of buying and selling church positions for money. -
Practise of favoring your relatives and friends in your professional life -
He was an Augustine monk and a professor of theology and he questioned lots of teachings of the Church. He nailed his 95 theses on the door of the Church in Wittenberg. -
Martin wanted to reform the Church. Salvation by faith alone (faith is not buyable). Not the pope is the ultimate authority for the Christian life, but the Bible.
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He established Calvinism with Ulrich Zwingli. He was a French reformer who fled to Switzerland because he was persecuted for his ideas. Later he settled in Geneva. -
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Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther, later Charles V declared Luther heretic.
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It was started by Thomas Münzer. He rejected infant baptism. He became popular among the lower classes. Even Luther rejected this group. Its result was the German Peasant's War.
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They called all Germans to stop conversion. They prohibited the followers of Luther from spearing their faith. Age of Wars Religion. -
It was Calvin's idea which said that all kinds of work are appealing to God and being wealthy is not a sin.
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It was Calvin's idea. He said that everyone is predestined to go to heaven or hell even before they are born.
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It was Calvin's idea which said that everyone (even rulers) got their power from God.
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It was Calvin's idea which said that not only pastors but presbyters could participate in the control of the Church.
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It was Calvin's idea which said that Church leaders control the state
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It was started by Michael Servetus. It rejected the Holy Trinity. It said that there was only one God, Jesus was only a human.Transylvania became the refuge of the Unitarians.