Ohio 7th Grade World History/Reformation

A painting depicting a key scene of the Reformation, The Diet of Worms.

By the late Renaissance, many people had many complaints against the Catholic Churches. That was the first move that led to the Reformation. Reformation, being the reforming movement against the Roman Catholic Church. Most of the complaints were about the way the church served people. Some thought the popes and bishops weren’t religious anymore and too involved in politics rather than actually doing their job. Many thought the church was getting rich unfairly.