Question

Explain the concept of Protestantism in the light of economic development.

Answer 1

Protestantism separated the world and God. The world was accepted as real – an area for worldly achievement. Charitable social work and management of large charitable institutions was added to the Church’s activity. Gradually ‘monks became assimilated into clerics and clerics to monks’. Together, they made up the Church- rather its two classes,
(i) Men of Religion i.e. the clergy, and
(ii) The men living in the world i.e. the laity.