The Catholic Church had been challenged before 1500 by people who did not agree with the docrtine of the Church. Many heretics were not all based in Germany however their ideas had spread across the whole of educated Europe and it could be said that their ideas founded the basis for the later reform.
These people were called 'Heretics'. They were opposed to the heirarchy of the Church and believed that the Bible should be in the vernacular toung- Not latin.
The church had to strike back in order to maintain their authority
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