Protestant Reformation Causes
The underlying causes that brought on the Protestant Reformation would be Martin Luther creating Lutheranism, Christians deciding to change their religion, discarding large parts of the Bible, and leaving the old authority of the Pope behind over indulgences. The Reformation had many causes but the top three would be, social, political, and economic. The political causes began over Nationalism, the Pope’s control resenting, a foreign ruler, and the protection of leaders. Both Protestantism and Catholicism became important in the formation of nationalism. Neither Protestants nor Catholics were patriots, but when a specific religion became identified with politics, religious feelings and patriotic feelings reinforced each other. Pope Boniface