The Inquisition and the Reformation

To Start off: The Inquisition (duh duh dunhhhh)It all started in Spain by a (random) guy named Torquemada      


Spain (coincidentally?) was the most religiously diverse of the European countries at the time, yet our beloved rando decided that it was time to purge Spain of its Muslim and Jewish residents.
                                                                                                     

One may ask why this was such a surprise for the citizens of Spain. 
         The Church decided that with all of these threatening religions being preached, the people may begin to convert from Christianity to Judaism and Islam. Because the Church wanted to keep their parish members (and also their $$$), the solution was an ultimatum: either come and be judged by the Spanish court system or be brutally killed.    

       
A Sign of Unholiness
Surprisingly, this method of cleansing Spain actually backfired for the Church. The ways that the Muslims and Jews were treated went directly against the way Jesus taught us to treat people.
Many people who were cleared by the courts only pretended to be Catholic, thus concluding that the Inquisition as a whole was more of dark time for the Church rather than the intended purification.


The Reformation: ayyyyy
The Reformation can be closely related to the Northern Renaissance. It was a time in the Church when people started realizing that the priests weren't all that smart (literally) and their money wasn't exactly going towards changing the lives of the poor.
           The members of the Church were hit with an epiphany. The Doctrine, or the words of the Scripture, were still something people wanted to believe in. Yet, the way the Church was executing it was something that ultimately had to be changed. 

                

So as everyone begins to recognize the fact that maybe the Catholic Church isn't as holy as it claims it is, a guy named Martin Luther pops up.

           Luther was not the first man to call for a reformation-those cries had been around since the beginning of the Church. Yet Luther was able to actually gain followers, believers in his system, so that even when the Diet of Worms exiled him and the Church excommunicated him, his ideas of reform stayed alive.              

   

Ending note: Convert to Lutheranism! You can still be a good Christian without listening to the Pope. All you have to do is have Faith!!  


P.S. this is a personal note to: Mr. Yarnall, from: Lily Shea, on behalf of me:)
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