y limited a host of traditional beliefs, practices, and institutions (Ozment, 277). Since Protestantism spread with the help of the laymens political ideas it is of no surprise to find out that the laws were changed to fight the new agenda.Protestantism unlike Catholics mutated into different forms. In the beginning there was Lutheranism. After a few years the Anabaptist formed. The Anabaptist was a stricter form of Protestantism where the members could not go to war, swear oaths, and hold secular offices. Another trait of the Anabaptist was their disbelief in infant baptism. The Anabaptist performed baptism during adulthood. They also lived in communities separated from the rest of society so they could build a utopia (Kagen, 365). Another offshoot of Protestantism was Calvinism. A man named John Calvin formed Calvinism. Calvinist believes in divine predestination. This means people are chosen by God to go to Heaven. If a person has not been chosen there is nothing they could do in life to earn entrance into heaven. They also believe that mankind needs to conform to Gods will, and that man needs to reorder society to Gods plan. In modern society Protestantism is continually to evolve and mutated in to different forms (Kagen 366).Protestantism and Catholicism appealed to different people for different reasons. Many people that followed Protestantism were tired of the corruption of the Catholic Church, or for there own political ambitions. The people that Catholicism were the majority of the Catholic clergy, (for obvious reasons), traditionalist, and superstitious people. After the Reformation the Catholic Church decided that it was in fact time to reform. They made the clergy act more piously and tried to decrease the corruption of the church. Ignatius of Loyola was one of the great Catholic reformers. Ignatius preached the traditions of Catholicism and strict obedience to church authority. Ignatius helped win back...
