WORLD

HISTORY 2

Bhea Dhenesse M. Manalo

BSED SS 2-1
 1.Write an argumentative statement about the topic
“Was the Reformation a
Mistake”

In the light of my study, i believe that it wasn't a mistake , because

there are significant disparities between Rome and the reformers
on Scripture and the gospel, not to mention the other seven
concepts in this book. The efforts of the reformers were
concentrated on a formal concept and a material premise. The
formal principle is concerned with the issue of authority. The
division in authority between the reformers and Rome was
crystallized at the Council of Trent. There, Rome affirmed the
authority of Scripture as interpreted through Rome. As a result, we
see the importance of the sola in the Reformation notion of sola
scriptura. Let me make a few more observations about whether the
Reformation was a "mistake." I believe that the Reformers
committed mistakes, but that their decision to be reformers was not
a mistake. There had to be a Reformation, and it is a good thing
that the Reformation upended an undesirable and untenable status
quo in Rome and elsewhere. In this way, the Protestant
Reformation cannot be discarded as a mere "mistake," even if it
incorrectly declared some Catholic doctrines unbiblical and church-
dividing, in my opinion.

Furthermore, for Catholics, the Reformation includes the Catholic

response; rather than speaking of a "Counter-Reformation," we
should speak of the ongoing reformation of the church led by those
who did not break with the papacy, often benefiting from
Reformers' correctives. Although I disagree with the Reformers on
the biblical basis of the Catholic doctrines they contested, they
were correct in seeking reform, recognizing the vast extent of post-
biblical doctrinal development, and insisting on grace, faith, and
Scripture at the heart of Christianity.