The period between 1300 – 1700A.D (The late medieval and reformation period) involved a series of changes in the west. Though reformation was started with Martin, the reformed movement started long before. Causes of the Reformation: During the 1300s and 1400s, many Christians lost faith in some of the teachings of the Catholic Church and its religious leadership. The Middle Age is referred to as the Age of Faith because it was a time when most members of European society believed not only in the Christian concept of God, but in the notion that the only way to salvation was through the Catholic Church. This fact put the Church in a position of great power, as few Europeans would dare doubt the institution that could ensure their eternal life, or more ominously, banish them to damnation. As the Medieval era drew to a close, however, new thinking emerged from the humanist movement leading reformers from both within and outside the Church to question the ...
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