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Europe at Opening of Sixteenth Century. A survey of the political situation at the beginning of the sixteenth century will not only serve to deepen some of the impressions already made, but will furnish the student with a vantage point from which he can appreciate the better the great changes which were soon to follow. EUROPE AT OPENING OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY A SURVEY OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY WILL NOT ONLY SERVE TO DEEPEN SOME OF THE IMPRESSIONS ALREADY MADE BUT WILL FURNISH THE STUDENT WITH A VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH HE CAN APPRECIATE THE BETTER THE GREAT CHANGES WHICH WERE SOON TO FOLLOW
ce at Avignon and the circumstances attending the return to Rome, call for special emphasis. Although the schism was healed by the Council of Constance, so little was done by this assembly and the other councils which followed it to reform the abuses which had crept into the Church, that it is not strange that the demand for a reform voiced by such men as Erasmus and Luther in the sixteenth century met with a warm reception in so many quarters. This great movement, which has been called the Protestant revolt, becomes clearer if the attention has been drawn to the teachings and work of Wycliffe and Huss, who even at this early date uttered words which were by no means lost. With these facts in mind, not forgetful of the decided tendencies toward the formation of strong states, each sufficient unto itself, to which reference has already been made, the establishment of national churches in the sixteenth century does not impress the student as a strange phenomenon incapable of explanation. F THE RESIDENCE AT AVIGNON AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE RETURN TO ROME CALL FOR SPECIAL EMPHASIS ALTHOUGH THE SCHISM WAS HEALED BY THE COUNSEL OF CONSTANCE SO LITTLE WAS DONE BY THIS ASSEMBLY AND THE OTHER COUNSELS WHICH FOLLOWED IT TO REFORM THE ABUSES WHICH HAD CREPT INTO THE CHURCH THAT IT IS NOT STRANGE THAT THE DEMAND FOR REFORM VOICED BY SUCH MEN AS ERASMUS AND LUTHER IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY MET WITH A WARM RECEPTION IN SO MANY QUARTERS THIS GREAT MOVEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED THE PROTESTANT REVOLT BECOMES CLEARER IF THE ATTENTION HAS BEEN DRAWN TO THE TEACHINGS AND WORKS OF WHITELIFE AND HUSS WHO EVEN AT THIS EARLY DATE UTTERED WORDS WHICH WERE BY NO MEANS LOST WITH THESE FACTS IN MIND NOT FORGETFUL OF THE DECIDED TENDENCIES TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF STRONG STATES EACH SUFFICIENT UNTO ITSELF TO WHICH REFERENCE HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CHURCHES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY DOES NOT IMPRESS THE STUDENT AS A STRANGE PHENOMENON INCAPABLE OF EXPLANATION
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