The Protestant reformation was a time when Martin Luther, a theology teacher and concerned Catholic, began speaking out against the Church. His primary discrepancy was with the indulgences that they were selling. By speaking out against the Church Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Church. The German princes that gave him refuge because the saw advantages in setting up the new protestant religion in Europe. Though they weren’t religious advantages. “The Protestant Reformation was …showed first 75 words of 557 total…

…showed last 75 words of 557 total…could marry. Most of his ideas were attractive because his reasoning behind them made sense. Anyone who was unhappy with the church now had a reason and a place to break away from the church. The Protestant Reformation began as a religious motivated movement; but was taken advantage of in political, economic, and religious aspects. The Reformation began with Religious intentions but some saw advantages in joining it, other then religious, and exploited the reformation.