(This is about the Protestant Reformation, i believed that it has always existed strictly as a political event) Politics and Religion Political and social struggles causes many religious uprising. Even though Religious Reformations are major breakthroughs in the Catholic Church, its premises remained strictly as a political event. Protestantism was a technique used by noble princes as well as emperors to break away from the control of the Catholic Church and also a reason to …
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…between church and state. These ideas were expressed by many rulers who were tangled in the web of international religious struggles. Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VIII of England, German Protestant princes, rulers of all background manipulated Protestant Reformations and had used it to their own advantage such as to gain political powers and their other personal needs. Thus, the roots of existence of most Protestant Reformation has always been, a political event.