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{{summary | text__NOTOC__==Synopsis==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]].}}
{{overview}}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]]. ==Contents==
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* [[Protestantism]] | [[Roman Catholicism]]
* [[Martin LutherIndulgence]] | [[95 Theses]]* | [[Wittenburg]]
* [[Counter Reformation]]
* [[IndulgenceReformers Index]] | [[Martin Luther]] | [[John Calvin]] | [[Ulrich Zwingli]]
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==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]].
===Background to Reformation===
===[[Martin Luther]] and Reformation in Germany==
===[[Ulrich Zwingli]] and [[John Calvin]] and Reformation in Switzerland===
===[[English Reformation]] and the [[Church of England]]===
==Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Wikipedia - Protestant Reformation]
{{returnto}} [[Church history]]
