After these wavering people betrayed the uprising, first of all, the uprisings in Franconia and other regions were suppressed one by one. This process was extremely bloody and cruel, but this was originally a world where the winner takes all, and the loser

People are absolutely wrong, and this is the supreme truth of our world. In the end, Münzer led the rebel army that was killed to only about 8,000 people, and in May 1525, they marched in Muirhausen.

The final decisive battle began with the 50,000-strong army of the feudal lord.

Facing an enemy with an absolute superiority in strength, Munzer was not afraid and led the rebel army to rush towards the enemy. However, because the rebel army at this time had not been systematically trained and their weapons were very backward, they were finally outnumbered and defeated.

After being captured by the enemy, Münzer was sentenced to death. The uprising was declared a failure! The truth of the world that everyone is equal was defeated! At least that was the case this time.

However, the uprising of the German peasants fundamentally shook the dominance of Catholicism in Germany, promoted the in-depth development of the religious reform and the Renaissance movement throughout Europe, and promoted the progress of society. Although this was based on the sacrifices of countless civilians,

Although they failed in the end, they were once again living a life without enough food and clothing.

We have also learned above that the church has been shaken from its fundamental nature during this period, so next we will take a look at some of the current situations within the church and the church during this period. In this situation where peasant uprisings are everywhere,

Should we continue to massacre with violence, carry out violent management, or use other means?

Calvin, he was the Pope of Geneva. Calvin was born in 1509 and died in 1564. He was born in Noiron, Picardy, northern France. His father once appointed the bishop's secretary.

, is also the defense of a small church, quite famous. His mother was the daughter of a hotel owner, who unfortunately died young. His stepmother had a strict style. According to the data, the stepmother's style had a great influence on the formation of Calvin's melancholic personality.

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In 1528, Calvin obeyed his father's wishes and entered the University of Orleans to study law. His father wanted Calvin to work in the defense industry in the future, so that he could support his family and it was also a very respectable job.

But Calvin was obsessed with theology at this time and was attracted by Lutheran ideas. After his father died in 1531, he had freedom, so he decided to go to the University of Paris to specialize in theology. And Calvin was so

After thinking about it, he did the same, so he studied the Greek, Hebrew and Latin Bibles in Paris and demanded that the Roman Church be transformed according to the appearance of ancient Christianity. This led Calvin to gradually lean towards the religious reform, because

Calvin also saw the real world of the church at this time. For this dream, in 1534, Calvin became a Lutheran.

Because Calvin advocated reforming the church, he was trying in disguise to damage the interests of the church and the high-ranking officials. Therefore, he was persecuted by the high-ranking officials in Paris. In October 1534, Calvin was afraid that the high-ranking officials would kill him.

So he fled to Basel, Switzerland, changed his name to Canius, and continued to study Lutheran works and the Bible. In 1536, his "Institutes of Christianity" was published. When this book was published, it was only

Six chapters, reaching eighty chapters by the final revised edition in 1559, this is a comprehensive summary of Calvin's lifelong study of Protestantism and his religious and political activities in Geneva.

Therefore, this book became the most influential encyclopedia during the Reformation period. So far we have learned in detail that in 1536, Calvin's footprints extended to Geneva. Now let's talk about it later. In fact, this place became Calvin's

The base camp for the religious reform after the 19th century.

Surrounding Calvin's thoughts, because Calvin's thoughts are that the Pope is wrong, and the current Christian teachings are also wrong. They are all fabricated by high-level people and the Pope in the name of God, so many people begin to think that Calvin is wrong.

Calvin's thoughts were correct, so a new church gradually formed, Calvinism.

Moreover, Calvin also advocated salvation by faith, and also advocated simplifying the organization of the church. He also stipulated that clergy can only be democratically elected from among believers, thus completely reforming the church organization. In Calvinism, the status of elders

It was very prominent and was called the policeman of the religious reform, so Calvinism was also called Presbyterianism. After returning to Geneva in 1541, Calvin began his own reforms.

Calvin first freed his own church from the constraints of the Roman Pope, that is, he declared that his church was independent and would not accept the control of any external forces. This resulted in no longer being controlled by the Roman Pope, nor by the Roman Pope.

The princes. The religious court, composed of elders, city councilors, municipal magistrates, etc., became the highest administrative body in Geneva.

Although Calvin himself was not a formal member of the Inquisition, he would often attend regular court meetings and was the actual person in charge of the court. Based on this, Geneva underwent a fundamental change and became a theocracy.

In the theocratic republic, national laws and religious disciplines became the two criteria to restrain people. Calvin also became the supreme ruler of Geneva at this time. In fact, this is not difficult to understand, because currently the entire Geneva does not listen to the Pope at all.

, and the church and administrative institutions are one, so it is inevitable that the entire Geneva has changed.

So far, under Calvin's reforms, both the church in the city and the top administrative officials had to bow under his staff. Geneva suddenly became the Rome of Protestantism, and Calvin also became the Pope of Geneva.

In 1540, Calvin married a poor widow, Irelei, and gave birth to a son, who died before reaching adulthood. In 1549, Irelei also died, and Calvin did not marry again.

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Calvin had a spirit of asceticism rather than seeking ease in his own work. He continued to revise the Institutes of Christianity throughout his life, making it constantly perfect. It took two years from the initial version to the final revised version.

In more than ten years, the length has expanded fifteen times. In the final revised version, he pruned the book until all parts fit together well, like a large tree with even growth, luxuriant branches and leaves, and abundant fruits.

His diligence made those who cared about him wonder why a person with such a strong and noble mind could have such a fragile body. When his illness worsened, no one could persuade him to rest, even if he had to put down his work temporarily.

, he would also answer questions for those who visited him at home, never caring about his own fatigue.

In his later years, Calvin was frail and sick. He made a will on April 20, 1564. In his will, he was full of confidence that he would be chosen by God and enjoy eternal glory. After many days,

After suffering from illness and countless prayers, he passed away on May 27 at the age of fifty-six.

Next, let’s summarize the Pope of Geneva, Calvin. In the process of becoming a person admired by thousands of people, he also had stains that future generations regret. Servetus was a famous Spanish humanist and the discoverer of the theory of blood circulation.

One, he was persecuted by the Roman Church for a long time because of his criticism of the Bible. He had been friends with Calvin for many years, and the two often corresponded. Later, he was arrested in Geneva, and Calvin personally interrogated him and sentenced him to death.

Forcing him to admit his mistakes. Servetus refused to yield and was finally sentenced to death by Calvin. For this reason, Engels, a later man in our world, said: It is worth noting that the Protestants persecuted the research of natural science more than

When the Catholic Servetus was about to discover the blood circulation process, Calvin burned him to death and roasted him alive for two hours.

We now have some understanding of the current situation of the church, and we can immediately understand that the current church has reached a point where it is seriously out of control, and it seems that it is gradually coming to an end. Moreover, the existence of the church has always persecuted the development of natural science. In fact, this

We have done many examples before, and I don’t know if you still remember them. Now we will briefly talk about some of the following things, and also briefly understand the previous examples.

The later Darwin's "Theory of Evolution", as we have mentioned before, is that this "Theory of Evolution" is different from the concept of God creating the heaven, earth and human beings in the Bible, so Darwin did not dare to publish the book. Once he published the "Theory of Evolution" himself, then

He knew that the church would kill him, so Darwin was seriously ill in the end and knew that his time was running out, so he wrote "The Theory of Evolution". From here, it is not difficult to see that the church treats aspects that are contrary to the Bible.

, how cruel it is.

There is also Einstein. As we have said before, Einstein’s theory of time relativity at that time was also different from the main meaning in the Bible. Therefore, people in the church said that Einstein was a lunatic and made great criticisms of him.

He was severely criticized and even sent to a mental hospital. In the end, Einstein left Germany. What do you say at that time? It was also a stage of World War II, so the top leader of the United States, Roosevelt, admired Einstein very much. Roosevelt believed that

Einstein was definitely not a lunatic, so he invited Einstein to become a professor at a university in the United States. In the end, Einstein achieved very high achievements, mainly in physics, which of course made our world suffer.

There are also achievements, that is, fission bombs. Japan was bombed by two fission bombs. I believe everyone knows this. Einstein was one of the leading scientists in the development process of fission bombs.

It is not difficult to see from Einstein’s experience that the church is sometimes too extreme. For example, Einstein was not understood by Roosevelt, the top leader of the United States, so we can say that Einstein was silent!

Our modern physics books today cannot be so thick. As for how many years we have to wait for a fission bomb, I can’t estimate this, because the initial research on fission bombs was in Germany. I believe that few people know about it.

, if you are interested, you can look up history. In short, the head of state of Germany during World War II was definitely a very powerful figure.
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