HIS-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reformed Baptists, Huguenot, Puritans
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Occurs in europe, becomes important all over the world when europe begins colonizing. Foundational faith: catholicism: early church fought over the form the church would take, you do what the priest tells you to do, average person could not understand the sermon. Luther never wanted to tear apart the church but wanted to vice his disagreements (1517) Johannes gutenberg: perfects a printing press, engraving words in metal (1450, can publish mass quantities quickly and cheaply (easily spread word across the world, helped protestant reformation take off. Worries people will act out because they have the money to pay the pope to get to heaven: response to luther"s letter: the church is unhappy with him and he is now considered outside f the faith. People backed luther up and thus the protestant reformation began. So he introduces hymnal singing, marries in 1525 (to prove ministers can have wives)