Reformation

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Christian reform movement historical event religious movement

The Reformation was a 16th-century religious movement that challenged the authority and practices of the Catholic Church, leading to the rise of Protestantism and profound political, cultural, and intellectual changes in Europe.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Protestant Reformation	94
English Reformation	10
Reformation era	6
German Reformation	2
European Protestant Reformation	1
European Reformation	1
French Reformation	1
Henry VIII break with Rome	1
Lutheran Reformation	1
Protestant Reformation in Germany	1
Protestant Reformation in Switzerland	1
Reformation in England	1
Reformation in Geneva	1
Reformation in the Netherlands	1
Reformation papacy	1
Reformation theology	1
Scottish Reformation	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian reform movement ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
challenges	authority of the Catholic Church ⓘ
counterMovement	Counter-Reformation ⓘ
hasCause	calls for reform of church corruption ⓘ criticism of Catholic Church practices ⓘ opposition to sale of indulgences ⓘ theological disputes about salvation and grace ⓘ
hasCentury	16th century ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Augsburg Confession ⓘ Council of Trent ⓘ Diet of Worms ⓘ Reformation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: English Reformation Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ Peace of Augsburg ⓘ Peasants’ War ⓘ Church of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Reformation
hasKeyFigure	Frederick the Wise ⓘ Henry VIII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ John Knox ⓘ Martin Luther ⓘ Philip Melanchthon ⓘ Pope Leo X ⓘ Thomas Cranmer ⓘ
hasMainRegion	Europe ⓘ
hasOpposedInstitution	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasReligiousContext	Western Christianity ⓘ
influences	Anabaptism ⓘ Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Calvinism ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ Presbyterianism ⓘ development of Protestant denominations ⓘ expansion of literacy in Europe ⓘ growth of vernacular Bible translations ⓘ political sovereignty of nation-states ⓘ
involvesDoctrine	authority of Scripture ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ priesthood of all believers ⓘ rejection of certain Catholic sacraments ⓘ
otherName	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
resultsIn	cultural changes in Europe ⓘ fragmentation of Western Christianity ⓘ intellectual changes in Europe ⓘ political changes in Europe ⓘ religious wars in Europe ⓘ rise of Protestantism ⓘ
startTime	1517 ⓘ

Referenced by (148)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women → historicalContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Central Europe → historicalEvent → Reformation ⓘ

Belgic Confession → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Confession de foi du chrétien → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

English Church in Wittenberg → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

papal bull Exsurge Domine → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

subject surface form: Exsurge Domine

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Luther’s Ninety-five Theses → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Marburg Colloquy → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Protestant Union → historicalPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformation era

Reformation Wall → honors → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Desiderius Erasmus → influenced → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Romans → influenced → Reformation ⓘ

subject surface form: Epistle to the Romans

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Epistle to the Romans → influenced → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Hussite movement → influenced → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Luther Bible → influenced → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

A Letter Concerning Toleration → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Age of Enlightenment → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

British Enlightenment → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

Colonial America → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Dutch Reformed Church → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformation in Geneva

Dutch Reformed Church → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformation in the Netherlands

Dutch colonial empire → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Gustaf Aulén → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformation theology

Kurfürsten → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

Luther Bible → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Matthew Bible → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lutheran Reformation

Northern Renaissance → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Puritanism → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Reformation

Swiss Reformation → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Reformation

The Christian System → influencedBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Peasants’ War → inspiredBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Wittenberg → knownFor → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

History of the Reformation in Scotland → mainSubject → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Cipriano de Valera → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Commentary on True and False Religion → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Heinrich Bullinger → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Huldrych Zwingli → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Huldrych → movement → Reformation ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Institutes of the Christian Religion → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Jehan Cauvin → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Johannes Agricola → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

John Calvin → movement → Reformation ⓘ

John Knox → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Martin Bucer → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther the Younger → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Mikael Agricola → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Mikael Olavinpoika → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Philip Melanchthon → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

September Testament → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation