Editing Girolamo Savonarola (section)

== Proto-Protestant ==
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The writings of Savonarola spread widely to [[Germany]] and [[Switzerland]], and due to Savonarola's life and death, many people started to see the papacy as corrupted and sought a new reform of the church. Many people saw him as a martyr, including [[Martin Luther]], who was influenced by Savonarola's writings. Savonarola's beliefs on the doctrine of justification are similar in some respects to Martin Luther's teachings, stating that humans are not justified by themselves. Savonarola may have influenced John Calvin, but this is a matter of historical debate.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=How did Savonarola influence the Reformation and Counter-Reformation - DailyHistory.org|url=https://dailyhistory.org/How_did_Savonarola_influence_the_Reformation_and_Counter-Reformation|access-date=4 December 2021|website=dailyhistory.org}}</ref> 

Savonarola never abandoned the dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church; for example, Savonarola held to a belief in seven sacraments and that the Church of Rome is "the mother of all other churches and the pope its head".<ref name=":0"/> However, his protests against papal corruption and his reliance on the Bible as the main guide link Savonarola with the later reformation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Savonarola, Girolamo}}</ref> Savonarola, while revering the office of the papacy, nevertheless criticised the pope Alexander VI and his papal court. Savonarola even prophesied that Rome will come under judgement from God.<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>the Pope may command me to do something that contravenes the law of Christian love or the Gospel. But, if he did so command, I would say to him, thou art no shepherd. Not the Roman Church, but thou errest 

Who are the fat kine of Bashan on the mountains of Samaria? I say they are the courtesans of Italy and Rome. Or, are there none? A thousand are too few for Rome, 10,000, 12,000, 14,000 are too few for Rome. Prepare thyself, O Rome, for great will be thy punishments<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294–1517 – Christian Classics Ethereal Library|url=https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc6/hcc6.iii.x.v.html|access-date=2021-12-24|website=ccel.org}}</ref></blockquote>Catholic sources, however, criticize the inclusion of Savonarola as a Protestant forerunner, because much of his theology still aligned with Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catholic Encyclopedia : Girolamo Savonarola|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13490a.htm|access-date=9 December 2021|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref> Despite inspiring some [[Protestant Reformers|Protestant reformers]], Savonarola also influenced some leaders of the [[Counter-Reformation]].<ref name=":3" />