The Reformation by Aiden Scheip

Traders got rich

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-04 13:30:14 UTC

During the reformation the demand for trade increased. And since it in increased the traders got a lot more money to the point were people were taking loans them. So the church could not control all the money.

Increased labor productivity

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:17:54 UTC

The reformation improved literacy and education which led to increased labor productivity.

Land ownership

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:20:32 UTC

when the monasteries were destroyed the property was confiscated. it was most the time given to the landowners or tenants that worked the land.

The Thirty Years' War

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:22:30 UTC

the war was a conflict between Roman Catholics, Calvinists, and Lutherans. about eight million people died.

The establishment of the Peace of Augsburg

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:24:28 UTC

the establishment of the Peace of Augsburg allowed German Princes to choose whether there territories would be Catholic or Lutheran.

The establishment of a distinctive national identity

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:25:51 UTC

The reformation contributed to the establishment of distinctive national identities like the German national identity.

New ways of thinking

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:27:15 UTC

The reformation made the bible accessible to the average person.

New ways of interacting

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:29:14 UTC

The reformation allowed people to challenge an unfaithful church

New ways of being

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:30:16 UTC

The reformation celebrated unity in denominational diversity.

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:34:50 UTC

The division of Christianity

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:34:55 UTC

Luther's ideas challenged the catholic church's practice of selling indulgences. Indulgences was a promised absolution from sin.

The spread of literacy

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:36:16 UTC

Luther's translation of the bible into German made it accessible to the common people.

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:37:54 UTC

Calvinism

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:39:55 UTC

Calvinism was a popular movement that spread across Europe and into America. It became the middle path of the reformation.

The spread of the Gospel

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:41:05 UTC

Calvin trained a lot of ministers to spread the Gospel in their home countries.

The Institutes of the Christian Religion

scheipaj27_2 — 2024-10-29 20:42:31 UTC

Calvin wroth the book to explain the Christain faith to educated laypeople