Renaissance+Religion


 * **Erasmus ** || **The Reformation ** || ** The Religious Leaders ** ||
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 * This picture is the most famous of the Northern or Christian humanists was Desidarius Erasmus of Rotterdam. He translated into Greek. He worried about the increasing emphasis on ritual, ceremony, and rules in the Catholic faith. He developed what he called "The Philosophy of Christ." This encouraged believers to examine Christ's life and words for examples of love and ethical behavior. His most famous work, The Praise of Folly. Erasmus satirically examined all aspects of society, including the Church. || The Renaissance popes wanted to unite the Christian empire. They built the power of church and commissioned Italy's greatest artists and architects to beautify the Holy City. It was vanished by the war launched by Martin Luther. In the Reformation, a new from of Christianity, Protestantism, broke away from the Catholic church. Today it includes many branches including the Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. || This is of the religious leaders Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Luther, John Knox, and John Calvin in the 16th Century. Martin Luther's first challenged was the authority of the pope. It was inevitable that the spirit of questioning would cause further changes within the protestant movement itself. This reflected regional political influences. It didn't take long for the French monarchy alternately protected and persecuted French Protestants. Lutheranism was the dominant force of the Protestant Reformation, but regional differences throughout Europe influenced specific matters of doctrine and authority. The Danish Church was established in 1539 and identified the king as the head of the church with the clergy as the ultimate authority in matters of faith. Eastern Europe had lived for many years with different forms of religion, and a more radical Protestantism found fertile ground in countries like Poland, Bohemia, and Hungary. ||