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May 24, 2022 · The Protestant Reformation changed that dynamic completely when the German theologian and Catholic monk Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) inadvertently challenged the authority of the Church by questioning the practice of selling indulgences (writs that promised to shorten one's stay – or that of a loved one – in purgatory).
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Jul 18, 2022 · How did the printing press affect the Protestant Reformation? The printing press was central to the Protestant Reformation as it allowed for the dissemination of the 'new teachings' on a much larger scale than was previously possible.
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The forerunner of the ideology of the German Christians came from certain Protestant groups of the German Empire. These groups sought a return to perceived völkisch, nationalistic, and racist ideas within traditional Christianity, and looked to turn Christianity in Germany into a reformed intrinsic folk-religion ( German : arteigene ...
Nov 2, 2017 · The Protestant Reformation, explained. Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther changed Christianity — and the world. By Tara Isabella Burton @NotoriousTIB tara.burton@vox.com Nov 2, 2017, 12:30pm...
The events of 1525 thus strengthened a growing resolution that firm structures and clear doctrines were needed to reassert authority in a situation of drift. The foreign entanglements of the Habsburgs, champions of Catholicism in Germany, helped free Lutheran states to act on this resolution.
Oct 30, 2017 · As with all movements, the Reformation was generated and sustained by strong passions about powerful ideas and emotional attachment to figureheads. Scholars are increasingly recognising their...
The rethinking, reorganisation and reconstruction of how Christians thought about themselves, each other and the nature of the church that took place in the sixteenth century is what we call The Reformation.