The Reformation.

At the end of the Middle Ages, people began to question the attitudes of high clergy.
The protestant Reformation began with Lutheranism:salvation throught faith and Bible.
Other protestant doctrines included Calvinism and Anglicanism.


Martin Luther: (Lutheranism).
   Lutheranism was based on 3 fundamental principles:
                                                        - salvation throught faith alone
                                                        - universal priesthood
                                                        - authority of the Bible


Lutherans believes on Lutheranism:
           - each man could interpret the Bible alone
           - without the invention of the church


Catholic Counter-Reformation.
  The spread of the Reformation in Europe led the Catholic authorities in Rome to persecute Protestants and begin and reform of their own church.
  The Reform of the Catholic Church was known as the Counter-Reformation.
  It began with the Council of Trent (1545-1563).
  The Council reaffirmed the main dogmas of Catholicism.
                                                                 - faith
                                                                 - the sanctity of mass
                                                                 - the seven sacraments
                                                                 - worship of virgin and saints