The Renaissance Papacy’s worldliness, nepotism, and immorality transformed spiritual leadership into political power, provoking the Reformation.
Corruption of the Renaissance Papacy
Savonarola and the Call for Moral Reform in Florence
Savonarola’s prophetic call for moral reform in Renaissance Florence exposed corruption, urged repentance, and foreshadowed the coming Reformation.
The Avignon Papacy and the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Avignon Papacy and Great Western Schism exposed Rome’s corruption, fracturing Christendom and demonstrating the danger of abandoning Scripture.
The Rise of Papal Indulgences and Ecclesiastical Corruption
Indulgences turned repentance into profit, fueling papal corruption until Scripture’s authority was revived during the Reformation.
John Wycliffe and the English Bible
John Wycliffe, the “morning star of the Reformation,” translated the Bible into English and ignited a movement to restore Scripture’s authority.
