Renaissance+Religion

The teachings of Martin Luther mostly had a social impact on the people of his time. This is because he caused people to break away from the Catholic Church, and join Lutheran or other Protestant sects of the Christian church. He also helped more people think for themselves by converting them to humanism. || This is an image of the French priest, John Calvin. Although many consider Calvin to be similar to Luther because of their humanistic views, they have one major difference. John Calvin believed in predestination. Predestination is a theory stating that God chose whether or not people would receive salvation before they were even born. John Calvin started a great movement of people called Calvinists. Calvinism was again, a sect of Protestant Christianity of humanist descent. This new religion caused many people to break away from the Catholic church, which had an immense social impact on the people of the Renaissance. ||
 * Gutenberg Bible - Johann Gutenberg || Martin Luther || John Calvin ||
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 * This is an image of the Gutenberg Bible. Although it may not appear to be very different than any other bible, this was the very first book to be made on a printing press. This had a massive impact on Renaissance Europe because it spread printed books all over, which helped spread religion and literacy to almost everyone that could afford books. The more readily available books were, the more people were able to read, which increased literacy. This was very helpful to people because they now possessed the ability to be more knowledgeable and hold better occupations, thus further providing an economy boost. A social impact that this had was that it spread religion to thousands of more people. They now had access to the bible, which meant many more people would read it and follow the Christian Religion. || Born in November of 1483, Martin Luther was a german preist and extreme humanist that had a huge impact on the people of the Eurpean renaissance. First off, he argued against the practices of the Catholic Church. At this time in history, the Catholic Church needed money. To get that money, they sold people indulgences, which were a documents that could help people "buy salvation". Being a strong humanist, Martin Luther greatly opposed this concept and persuaded many people to revolt against the currupt teachings of Catholic authorities. Luther taught that salvation came to all of those who followed god, and it didn't have to be earned or bought.
 * //Gutenberg Bible//. N.d. //ABC- Clio World History//. Web. 26 May 2010. ||  ||   ||

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