Reformation. Was It A Political Or Religious Movement?

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Was reformation a political o religious movement?
In those times, politics and religion were closely related, The line between them is unclear since in a certain way “Religion was political”.There was a mixture of personal, political and religious aspects since Henry VIII had personal reasons, Monks no longer lived according to the rules of poverty but making money. The catholic Churchwas very rich (…Henry was short of money). The Pope seemed to have a political power than a religious one. And it was also a time of changes, where some movements wanted to bring back Biblical andNew Testament Theology.
When I say that it had personal reasons, I am taking into account the fact that Henry VIII wanted to be Head of the Church in England in order to be free to divorcedCatherine of Aragon and be able to marry Anne Boleyn. He persuaded the English bishops to do so, and was finally named. But this was a personal and political movement only, since Henry was still aCatholic. He gradually severed all links with Rome, and England became politically Protestant, although the popular religion was Catholic. Henry named Thomas Cromwell as his new minister and confiscatedthe lands and riches of the monasteries taking all of them to dissolution. He distributed this new lands to merchants and landowners, becoming very popular among them, gaining their favors andsolving some economic problems he had.
As for the religious aspect of the Reformation , we can say that it officially started in 1.517 when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Church on the matter ofIndulgences. While Luther had no idea of the impact this would make on the German society and the world, this event changed the course of history. It marks the end of the Middle Ages and the beginningof modern times.
As I said before, The papacy was corrupt; monasticism and scholastic theology had declined. there was a revival of the Greek and Roman classics; men with a spirit of inquiry and...
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