Defending Martin Luther I. The Catholic Church and its problems In the beginning of the 16th century Western Europe only had one religion, Catholicism. The Catholic Church was very powerful and rich. The church made practices to impose reforms and the lax practices had grown up in the church. Churchmen began to criticize the administration of the church and began to doubt some of its teaching. The church insisted that it alone had the authority …showed first 75 words of 789 total…

…showed last 75 words of 789 total…not change. We, the Protestants just want freedom to practice our religion wherever we choose without persecution. IV. Closing Argument In closing I state that Martin Luther is not the cause of this reformation. He is a man who stated his opinion and took a chance in challenging the Catholic Church for his beliefs. He did not intend to start a reformation, but many others took it as that. Thank you for hearing my arguments.