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.

Thomas Cranmer → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Reformation

Thomas Cranmer → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Thomas Müntzer → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Ulrich von Hutten → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

William Farel → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

William Tyndale → movement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Hungarian Reformed churches → originMovement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Anabaptist churches → originatedDuring → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Lutheranism → originatedInMovement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Reformation → otherName → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Genevan Academy → partOf → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Peace of Augsburg → partOf → Reformation ⓘ

Radical Reformation → partOf → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Scottish Reformation → partOf → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Swiss Reformation → partOf → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Thomas Cranmer → participantIn → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Reformation

Frederick III, Elector Palatine → participatedIn → Reformation ⓘ

Electoral Palatinate → playedRoleIn → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

House of Wettin → playedRoleIn → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

French Wars of Religion → precededBy → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Reformation

Peasants’ War → relatedTo → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Peasants’ War → relatedTo → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Reformation

Thirty Years' War → religiousAspect → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Poitou → religiousConflictPeriod → Reformation ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Daemonologie → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Dissolution of the Monasteries → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Eighty Years' War → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

French Renaissance → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Iconoclastic Fury → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

On the Freedom of a Christian → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Second Schmalkaldic War → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Second War of Kappel → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Stuart → religiousContext → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Wildhaus → religiousHeritage → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Luther's Large Catechism → religiousMovement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Separatist congregation at Leiden → religiousMovement → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Defender of the Faith → revocationReason → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Reformation

Defender of the Faith → revocationReason → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII break with Rome

Tudor dynasty → significantEvent → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Reformation

Frederick the Wise → supported → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

St. Pierre Cathedral → symbolOf → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation in Switzerland

Tyndale Bible → theologicalOrientation → Reformation ⓘ

Luther's Small Catechism → theologicalTradition → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Church of England → theologyTradition → Reformation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Diet of Worms → topic → Reformation ⓘ

subject surface form: Diet of Worms (1521)

this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → wasInfluencedBy → Reformation ⓘ