Question

Can y'all help me with homework. It says " Did the Catholic Church appropriately respond to the accusations made against them during the Reformation? Explain how the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation (the Counter-Reformation) and how the church could have responded differently to create a better outcome."

Answer 1

Answer:

No. The Catholic Church did not properly respond to the accusations during the reformation.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Protestant reformation led to the Counter-Reformation from the Roman Catholics.

In the 16th century, series of events led to the Protestant Reformation in the Christian church.

This was as a result of the corruption in the Catholic Church. Some people saw that the church needed to be changed in the way it operates.

The Reformation resulted to a Schism (religion) split in the church, into Catholics and various Protestant churches.

Some reformers like Erasmus, Huldrych Zwingli, Martin Luther and John Calvin discovered the corruption and tried to stop it.

Martin Luther's posting of The Ninety-Five theses at Wittenberg is said to have started the Protestant Reformation.

In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic began the Counter-Reformation.

Some Counter-Reformation theologians focused on defending doctrinal positions like as the holy communions(sacraments) and pious practices that were attacked by the Protestant reformers.

Furthermore, they arrested and prosecuted some of the Protestant Reformers calling them traitors and pagans trying to adulterate the catholic order.

A better response from the Roman Catholic could have been to take a critical look into the change demanded by these Protestant Reformers and set out measures to scripturally balance them.

Answer 2

The Church initially ignored Martin Luther, but Luther's ideas (and variations of them, including Calvinism) quickly spread throughout Europe. He was asked to recant (to disavow) his writings at the Diet of Worms (an unfortunate name for a council held by the Holy Roman Emperor in the German city of Worms). When Luther refused, he was excommunicated (in other words, expelled from the church). The Church's response to the threat from Luther and others during this period is called the Counter-Reformation ("counter" meaning against).