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  1. May 24, 2022 · Article. The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) was one of the most significant cultural, political, and religious events in the history of Europe and helped shape the modern world. It was a complex event spanning over 100 years, which radically changed the way people understood themselves, religion, society, and ultimately how one defines truth.

    • Joshua J. Mark
  2. Date. Thursday, May 3rd 2007. Martin Luther (1483-1546) Luther is credited as the founder of the German Reformation. Luther's study of the writings of the Apostle Paul and Augustine of Hippo led him to the belief that men and women could only be justified by the grace of God, through faith rather than through good works or religious observances ...

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  4. Feb 21, 2024 · Collection. The men who initiated and advanced the vision of the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) did not set out, at first, to challenge the authority of the Catholic Church but only to correct what they saw as errors. In doing so, they launched a movement that would change how Christianity was understood and help shape the modern world.

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  5. Mar 28, 2008 · Summary. Luther and reform. The catalyst of the Protestant Reformation was the German Augustinian monk and university professor, Martin Luther (1483–1546). In the late medieval church, calls for renewal were loud and persistent and some reforms were enacted in monastic orders, in church life, and in popular movements associated with the names ...

    • Scott Hendrix
    • 2007
  6. The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement in Europe in the 1500s. A reform movement seeks to change some part of society. The Protestant Reformation resulted in the creation of a new kind of Christian religion called Protestantism. It includes many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to ...

  7. The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) refers to the widespread religious, cultural, and social upheaval of 16th-century Europe that broke the hold of the medieval Church, allowing for the development of personal interpretations of the Christian message and leading to the development of modern nation-states. It is considered one of the most ...

  8. The core motivation behind these changes was theological, though many other factors played a part: the rise of nationalism, the Western Schism that eroded faith in the papacy, the perceived corruption of the Roman Curia (the Council of Cardinals, who elected the Pope), the impact of humanism, and the new learning of the Renaissance that ...

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