Conciliar movementA reform movement in the 14th-, 15th-, and 16th-century Catholic Church that held that supreme authority in the church resided with an Ecumenical council, apart from, or even against, the pope how did rebellions against the roman catholic church affect northern European society Rebellions against the Catholic Church exposed the corruption within the Church and lead to European reformers to develop new religions, such as Lutheranism and Calvinism, that believed in returning to the simplicity of Christianity and turning to the Bible.