The Protestant reformation triggered the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Martin Luther's posting of The Ninety-Five theses at Wittenberg is seen as the start of the Protestant Reformation. This happened in the year 1517. John Knox brought Luther's ideas to Scotland and founded the Presbyterian Church. The major causes of the protestant reformation include that of political, economic, social, and religious background. The religious causes involve problems with church authority and a monks views driven by his anger towards the church. Ultimately the Protestant Reformation led to modern democracy, skepticism, capitalism, individualism, civil rights, and many of the modern values we cherish today. The Protestant Reformation increased literacy throughout Europe and ignited a renewed passion for education. What problems in the Church contributed to the Protestant Reformation? Problems in the Church were the sale of indulgences and the abusive power of the clergy. After the protestant reformation, the christian citizens were divided into two groups, those who belong in catholic church and those who belong in protestant church. This can be considered as a new divisions within european society. The Reformation was one of the decisive events that made the world we live in, for better or worse. Luther and his followers weren't trying to reshape the world: they were trying to save it. ... Luther's radical appeal to the total supremacy of personal faith would trigger nearly 200 years of religious ware fare.
