The reformation diminished the Churches influence and power immensely. European rulers telling the Church to go fuck itself did lead to the modern European nations, yes. But the foundations of those nations is older than Christianity itself. The foundation are the European tribes. Their blood not their religion.
Protestant Reformation for one
The reformation diminished the Churches influence and power immensely. European rulers telling the Church to go fuck itself did lead to the modern European nations, yes. But the foundations of those nations is older than Christianity itself. The foundation are the European tribes. Their blood not their religion.