Lutheran Reformation

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The Lutheran Reformation was a 16th-century religious movement, initiated by Martin Luther, that sought to reform the Western Church and gave rise to Lutheran theology and Protestantism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian movement
historical event
religious reformation
hasCause corruption in the Western Church
criticism of indulgences
theological disputes about justification
hasCenter Saxony
Wittenberg
hasConfessionalDocument Augsburg Confession
Luther's Large Catechism
Luther's Small Catechism
Smalcald Articles
hasDoctrinalEmphasis authority of Scripture alone
justification by faith alone
priesthood of all believers
two kingdoms doctrine
hasImpactOn church-state relations in Europe
education in Protestant territories
vernacular Bible translations
hasKeyEvent Augsburg Confession
Diet of Augsburg (1530)
Diet of Worms
Edict of Worms
Leipzig Disputation (1519)
surface form: Leipzig Debate

Marburg Colloquy
Peace of Augsburg
Peasants’ War
surface form: Peasants' War

Smalcald Articles
Translation of the Bible into German by Martin Luther
posting of the Ninety-five Theses
hasKeyFigure Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
Johannes Agricola
surface form: Johann Agricola

Johann von Staupitz
Johann Bugenhagen
surface form: Johannes Bugenhagen

Justus Jonas
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Martin Luther
Philip Melanchthon
surface form: Philipp Melanchthon
hasMainProponent Martin Luther
hasOpposingParty Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Emperor Charles V

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasPlace Germany
Holy Roman Empire
hasStartTime 1517
influenced Anabaptist movements
Henrician Reformation
surface form: Anglican Reformation

Lutheranism
Protestantism
Reformed churches
languageOfKeyTexts German
Latin
opposedDoctrine meritorious works as basis of salvation
papal supremacy
sale of indulgences
partOf Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
relatedTo Counter-Reformation
surface form: Catholic Counter-Reformation

Council of Trent
resultedIn confessionalization in early modern Europe
decline of papal authority in parts of Europe
formation of Lutheran churches
religious wars in Europe
schism within Western Christianity
timePeriod 16th century

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John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony supported Lutheran Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach patronOf Lutheran Reformation
this entity surface form: Lutheran Reformation in Prussia