By about 1500, many people began to worry more and more about the many wrong things that were happening among the Church. There were plenty of people who thought that the priests, or Church leaders, were becoming absorbed with making money from the people rather than helping to provide them with otherworldly direction. Since they wanted to raise enough money to maintain their luxurious lives, they began to do many dishonest things. One of these things was the selling of “indulgences.” Indulgences were papers that claimed that you were excused for your sins. This worry is what eventually caused the Christian world to split up and created what is called the Reformation. These groups separated into three groups: Christianity, Philosophy, and Secularism.