Renaissance+and+Reformation+Religion


 * =Gutenberg Bible= || =Henry VIII= ||
 * [[image:dannyamuseum/Gutenberg_Bible.jpg width="288" height="443"]] || [[image:dannyamuseum/Henry_VIII.jpg width="259" height="305"]] ||
 * This is a replica of the first Bible that was ever copied by the printing press. It was made by the inventor of the printing press, Johann Gutenberg. Before the printing press, people had to rely on the Church to read them the information from texts because it was all written in Latin. Now that the Bible could be copied so easily, it could be printed into the vernacular so that everyone could read it. People began to stop depending on the Church. Also, because the printing press could copy Bibles so easily, there was less of a need for the monks who used to copy the Bibles by hand. || This is a portrait of the notorious King Henry VIII. The king was originally against the Protestant reformation, but when he grew tired of sharing his power with the pope, he broke away from the Catholic Church. This break originated when Henry tried to annul his marriage with Cathrine of Aragon, his first of what would eventually be his six different wives. The pope refused because he did not want to cause tension. Henry became furious and broke away. When he did this, he gained complete control of the English Church. The church eventually became known as the Anglican Church. The Anglican Church began to support the Protestant reformation, and this proceded to spark a religious war. ||

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