Explain The Tension Between Christian Denominations

Tension between the different Christian denominations was deeply present during the Protestant Reformation. The tension between different Christian denominations caused violence within city states. Anabaptists, a more radical Protestant religion, made both Catholics and Lutherans upset with the idea of adult baptism. Lutherans and Catholics both hunted the Anabaptist because of this. Adult baptism was made illegal and people were executed for committing adult baptism. The Anabaptists eventually took control of the city of Münster in Germany. In Münster the Anabaptists kicked out all the Catholics and were brutal to all those who didn't leave or convert. They converted Münster to an Old Testament theocracy which shocked and angered both the Lutherans and Catholics. …show more content…
He created the Anglican religion in order to get an annulment from his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He did so by creating a “Protestant” religion which meant he did not need the Pope. This caused some people to question his right to make this religion. His advisers, such as Thomas More, thought of this as a bad move. As Thomas More stated before his execution for speaking out against the new religion “I die the king’s good servant, but God’s first.” In the German states there was also a great deal of tension. Before when all the German states were still autonomous, like they were still to that day. Before, the states remained autonomous due to small princes ruling the land and all of them have to serve the Holy Roman Emperor. At those times Catholicism was the only religion, but when Protestantism entered the Holy Roman Empire it began to infiltrate certain states. While some states remained Catholic others converted to Protestant. This led to conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor, who stated all people must be Catholic, and the