Differences between the Reformation in Germany and Britain

The differences between the Reformation in Germany and Britain;

1. The Reformation in Germany was initiated by the priest Martin Luther. Because Germany was severely divided at that time, it was easy to be controlled. At that time, in order to collect money, the Roman Catholic Pope sold atonement vouchers in Germany in violation of biblical teachings, claiming that he could forgive all crimes as long as he bought them. This obvious deception aroused the great indignation of the young Martin Luther, so he initiated the religious reform in Germany, burned the Pope's warrant to expel him from Christianity in public, and translated the Bible into German, so that believers could get their teachings directly from God, and founded the first Protestantism-Lutheranism. This also led to religious reforms in many parts of continental Europe, such as Calvinism led by Calvinism in France. Therefore, the religious reform in Germany is bottom-up and there is no government intervention at all.

2. In Britain, 1637 launched the Puritanism Movement, but persecuted by the government at that time, many Puritans came to the United States not far from Wan Li to take refuge (this was the first batch of immigrants in the United States, which has occupied an extremely important position in American history since then, but this is American history). Due to the needs of historical development, the bourgeois revolution broke out in 1640, also known as the Puritan uprising. Cromwell came to power on 1642. After Cromwell's death, there was a brief restoration of Stuart dynasty in England. However, due to the great restriction of the monarch's rights, the king contacted foreign countries in an attempt to restore the autocracy before the revolution. After the incident was exposed, 1688 carried out a "glorious revolution" and the British constitutional monarchy began. The constitution clearly stipulates that the king must be a Protestant, that is, the Episcopal Church (also a kind of Protestantism). Therefore, the Reformation in Britain can be considered as top-down.