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We have enough ghost historically facts part 3. This moment, without Martin Luther or anyone else knowing, instigated the start of a 120-year series of long conflicts with a grand finale known as the 30 Years War, one of the most complex, longest, and destructive wars ever in European history. You see, Luther's work essentially split the entire Catholic Church in two, and to make sure we are on the same page, here are some quick differences between the two. Catholics believe that the pope has the highest authority in the church, while Protestants believe that the Bible is the most important source of guidance. Catholics believe in order to be safe and go to heaven, a person needs to have faith in God and also do good things like participating in religious rituals. Protestants, on the other hand, argue that simply having faith in Jesus and in his grace is enough to be saved. This also means that while Catholics have seven special religious rituals, Protestants only have two. There are also some other things, but in short, Catholics enjoy defense things, while Protestants are a lot simpler. But more importantly, Germans like the ideas that people like Martin Luther and John Calvin preached, and accompanied with the technology also known as the printing press, Protestantism spread rapidly all across Germany and to Europe alike. This part of Christian history is also known as the Reformation. The response to the Reformation was very diverse. While countries like England, Scotland, the Netherlands, the Nordic gang, and parts of Switzerland and Germany all adopted Protestant beliefs, the remaining parts of Germany and Switzerland, together with Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Austria, Poland, Ireland, and the southern European squads, heavily rejected this new branch instead, and by doing so started the next part of Christian history, also known as the Counter-Reformation. Should be pretty self-explanatory to what happens next time to combat those heretics. Spain proudly said as the Spanish Inquisition intensified. But also, let's have a serious look at some of the corruption and questioned ethics the Protestants criticized on. Said many Catholic bishops and theologians who came together during the Council of Trent, and that was a success. The Catholic Church reformed its teachings and clarified the importance of the sacraments, the role of gods and salvation, and everything else the Protestants challenged. But like we have seen with most religious disputes in history, peace is never an option. Tensions kept rising between the countries, but also internally against each other, and nowhere were tensions as high as in the Germanic countries. Even though the Holy Roman Empire was officially a Catholic Empire, not all religions were fully Catholic. The Protestant regions came together to establish the Protestant Union, also known as the Evangelical Union, which, by the way, sounds really cool. And in response, the Catholic regions established a slightly lamier named Catholic League. No longer are families both German. They were an alcoholic or Protestant, and because of that, both herds wouldn't be able to date Catholic. Instead, he would have been forced to date since she was a good Protestant girl. I'm sure this example perfectly visualizes how deep and severe the tensions cut at the time.
