Religious freedom and people worshiped in different way. The people in all the ancient Greek city states believed in the same gods and worshiped in the same way. They were not forced to believe they simply believed in them. They spoke the same language. That had a common culture their love of beauty and competition to name two. Their city states were located on the same peninsula.
Opposition to mainstream catholic controversies such as sales of indulgences, and the publication of his works John Calvin benefited from the printing press a great deal. several of his ideas were published and translated into different languages and therefore reached a great deal of people, similar to the Lutheran thoughts that had also benefited from the printing press.
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In the United State the economy was in the great depression in the 30's. There was a scare and many investors withdrew any investments. Now, we are in great debt to other countries.
The power of the Catholic Church was weakened
