Results of the religious reform movement
The religious-reform movements in the 16th century had the following results:
1. Fragmentation of Christian society As a result of religious reformation movements, Roman Catholic society got divided into Lutheran Calvinist etc. and they established their own separate churches.
2. Anti-Reformation Movements Reformation movements forced the Catholic Church to rectify its faults. The result of this was that the Catholics made extensive efforts to remove the various defects existing in their religion, which were jointly called the anti-reformation movement or the Catholic religion-reformation movement.
3. Promotion of morality: The religious reformers strongly criticized the immoral life of the Pope and priests. The establishment of the Protestant Church opened the eyes of the Pope and the priests and they decided to lead a moral life. This promoted the sanctity of the Church.
4. Religious intolerance and bloodshed In the name of both the Protestants and the Catholics, terrible bloodshed took place. This form of religion created a feeling of alienation in people towards religion, as a result of which materialism developed a lot in Europe and the feeling of religious intolerance started to flourish.
5. Decline in the intervention of religion: As a result of the religious reform movements and subsequent bloodshed, ultimately the interference of religion in personal life decreased and the role of secularism was formed.
6. Concept of Marriage Affected marriage is now just a contract rather than a religious rite. In case of adultery and immoral relations, divorce could be allowed.
7. Promotion of education Reformists and Catholics Religious followers, both laid great emphasis on the spread of education. The art of printing did the most important work in this regard. Its
Due to this the number of books increased. The access of books to the public became easy and the power of reasoning developed in the people.
8. • Development of folk language The religious reformers made folk languages the medium for propaganda and published many secular books, as a result of which there was substantial Development of local languages and literature.
9. Development of national feeling Religious movements inspired and emphasized the concept of a national church. Reformers like Luther demanded a ban on money being given to Italy in the name of the Church. As the national spirit developed, people’s attraction towards democracy started increasing. Now the demand for democracy instead of autocratic rule started increasing all over the world.
10. Development of trade and commerce According to Catholic opinion, it was against religion to accumulate more money and give it for interest, but due to the coming into existence of Calvinism, this belief started to fade away. According to Calvinism, “It is better to earn more money and lend it at interest.”
This ideology was welcomed by traders, producers and bankers and they were inspired to develop trade and commerce. As a result of this, trade and commerce began to develop rapidly.
Results of the religious reform movement
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