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5 days ago · The Protestant Reformation, ignited by Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, marked a pivotal moment in Christian history, challenging the Catholic Church's practices and doctrines.
May 13, 2024 · A collection of 1,500 works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras in mostly 16th and 17th century editions. Works include the theological writings of over 300 Protestant authors, as well as confessional documents, biblical commentaries, polemical treatises, and Bible translations.
May 21, 2024 · It establishes the geography of Reformation movements across this region, and then considers different movements of reform and the role played by Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox clergy. This volume examines different contexts and social settings for reform movements, and investigates how cities, princely courts, universities, schools, books ...
- Catherine Langholff
- 2020
2 days ago · The central event of his book is the Reformation, the splitting of Western Christianity into Protestant and Catholic churches that began in 1517 with Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses.
4 days ago · John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) stands as one of the most influential figures in the Protestant Reformation, a principal figure in the development of a system of Christian theology known as Calvinism. His work emphasized doctrines such as predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in the salvation of human souls from death ...
5 days ago · In order to justify their departure from the Catholic Church, Protestants often posited a new argument, saying that there was no real visible Church with divine authority, only a spiritual, invisible, and hidden church—this notion began in the early days of the Protestant Reformation.
May 21, 2024 · While the existing literature has focused on the mechanisms and institutions of its spread, this article argues that an important precondition for the spread of the Protestant Reformation was territorial fragmentation, and the political autonomy it offered local rulers.
