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subtopics = [[Protestantism]], [[Roman Catholicism]]
* [[Indulgence]], [[95 Theses]], [[Wittenburg]]
* [[Counter Reformation]], [[Reformation Day]]
* [[Reformers Index]] - [[Martin Luther]], [[John Calvin]], [[Ulrich Zwingli]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
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In the 16th century, the practice of buying [[indulgencesindulgence]] s for the remission of punishment in [[purgatory ]] was prominent in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. A number of prominent Christians questioned the teaching of purgatory and indulgences, culminating in 1517 with the German [[Martin Luther]] circulating his [[95 Theses]] disputing indulgences. This marked the start of the Reformation and the Protestant Church. The ideas in Germany were taken up in other northern European countries, England and Switzerland. The [[Protestant Churches]] taught that the [[Bible]] had [[Sola Scriptura|sole absolute authority]], that every believer could come to [[God the Father]] through [[Christ]] without the need for a [[priest]], and that [[justification]] was through faith alone. The [[Roman Catholic]] response to The Protestant Reformation is known as The [[Counter Reformation]].
===Background to Reformation===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Wikipedia - Protestant Reformation]
{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Church]] -> [[Church history]][[Category:Church history]]
