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* [[Counter Reformation]]
* [[Reformers Index]] | - [[Martin Luther]] | , [[John Calvin]] | , [[Ulrich Zwingli]]| opinion_pieces = {{opinionsshort_opinions}} * [[Travelogue: Wittenberg (G.G.)]]| {{quotes}} ==Main article==
In the 16th century, the practice of buying [[indulgences]] 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]].
==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Wikipedia - Protestant Reformation]
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