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The Protestant Reformation started in the 1500's when the Church started giving indulgences, or pardons for their sins, when someone gave money. The Catholic Church had always taught that when people die they cannot enter heaven before suffering some form of punishment for their sins in purgatory (a place between heaven and Hell). When a person was granted an indulgence, he was freed from some of his suffering in purgatory. In Germany a monk named Martin Luther wanted the Church to change many things it did. He didn't like the fact that they were selling indulgences. In 1517 Catholic fund-raisers began selling indulgences in Martin Luther's city of Wittenberg. In the same year Luther said that there was no basis in Chris
Many people in Germany agreed with Luther. As a result, several Protestant religions arose in Western Europe. Besides his beliefs the people had other Church practices they did not like. He also believed that men do not win forgiveness by paying money. The rest, Scandinavia, England Scotland, Switzerland, the north and east of Germany, and parts of eastern Europe have largely remained Protestant. But Lutheranism, or Luther's ideas, spread. The 95 Theses spread very quickly thanks to the printing press. tianity for the sale of indulgences and he drew up a list of objections to indulgences called the 95 Theses and nailed it to the Church door. The Catholic Church began its own counter-reformation to stop the spread of Prestantism. Martin Luther encouraged these discussions and not only attacked the pope but also criticized the German rulers. " Eventually, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, England and other countries broke with the Catholic Church and changed Christian rules to suit their own government and people. Italy, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the south of Germany, Austria, and Hungary, Poland, and parts of the Balkans in eastern Europe, have continued to be predominantly Catholic. And that's when the Reformation began. 20th century Europe bears the imprint of Reformation.
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