Question

How the ideas brought by the enlightenment caused people to question the catholic church in the reformation?

Answer 1

The Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution affected the Enlightenment by these different groups having mixed ideas and the refusal of the Catholic Church to release its dominance and positional authority over the people. The Enlightenment thinkers became persecuted, thrown in jail, and their writings were burned. Religious wars broke out between the Catholics and Protestants, which gave the impression to some individuals that organized religion was fallible, creating a window of opportunity to push the philosophies of science into European life. After the revolt against the churches lead to a more punitive approach, thousands of people (majority women) lost their lives over the fact of being caught in exploring science, which was acclaimed witchcraft amongst the churches. "The Enlightenment was more a frame of mind than a coherent movement". " Individuals who embraced it drew inspiration from different sources and promoted different agendas"."Its proponents were clearer about what they disliked than what changes were necessary". "Although many circumstances shaped "enlightenment" thinking, the new scientific methods and discoveries provided the clearest model for changing European Society". The Enlightenment was only an intellectual concept to achieve change in an aspect of critical thinking