Reformation

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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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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

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Protestant Union historicalPeriod Reformation
this entity surface form: Reformation era
Separatist congregation at Leiden religiousMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Ulrich von Hutten movement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Ulrich von Hutten era Reformation
this entity surface form: Reformation era
Thomas Müntzer movement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Johannes Agricola movement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Dissolution of the Monasteries religiousContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Swiss Reformation influencedBy Reformation
this entity surface form: German Reformation
Swiss Reformation partOf Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Radical Reformation partOf Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Article XVII Of Predestination and Election associatedWith Reformation
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Luther's Large Catechism religiousMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
A Letter Concerning Toleration influencedBy Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
On the Freedom of a Christian religiousContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church associatedWithMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Hungarian Reformed churches originMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Wildhaus religiousHeritage Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Schmalkaldic War hasReligiousAspect Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Anabaptist churches originatedDuring Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
All Saints' Church, Wittenberg associatedWith Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther the Younger movement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Hussite movement influenced Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Huldrych movement Reformation
subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Luther's Small Catechism theologicalTradition Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Luther's Small Catechism historicalContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation in Germany
Christian catechism developedSignificantlyIn Reformation
this entity surface form: Reformation era
Old Town of Geneva associatedWith Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Second Schmalkaldic War religiousContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Separatists broaderMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Confession de foi du chrétien historicalPeriod Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
British Enlightenment influencedBy Reformation
Heinrich Bullinger movement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Daemonologie religiousContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
papal bull Exsurge Domine historicalPeriod Reformation
subject surface form: Exsurge Domine
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women historicalContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
History of the Reformation in Scotland mainSubject Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
History of the Reformation in Scotland associatedMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 religiousContext Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Kurfürsten influencedBy Reformation
Renaissance papacy followedBy Reformation
this entity surface form: Reformation papacy
Pope Adrian VI era Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Epistle to the Romans influenced Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
The History of England focusesOnEvent Reformation
this entity surface form: Reformation in England
House of Wettin playedRoleIn Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Mikael Olavinpoika movement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Rucouskiria Bibliasta associatedWithMovement Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Novum Instrumentum omne influenced Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation
Thomas More opposed Reformation
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation in England