Protestant reformers

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Protestant reformers were 16th-century Christian leaders and theologians who challenged Roman Catholic doctrine and practices, sparking the Protestant Reformation and reshaping Western Christianity.

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Protestant Reformers 3
Magisterial Reformers as heretical 1
Protestant reformers canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian reform movement
historical group
religious movement
aimedAt reforming church doctrine
reforming church practices
associatedWithDocument Augsburg Confession
Institutes of the Christian Religion
Ninety-five Theses
associatedWithEvent Diet of Worms
English Reformation
Peasants' War
linked to: Peasants’ War
criticized abuse of ecclesiastical power
corruption in the clergy
sale of indulgences
geographicScope England
France
German lands
Scandinavia
Swiss cantons
the Low Countries
linked to: Low Countries
influenced European politics
Western Christianity
church-state relations
education in Europe
languagePolicy promotion of vernacular Bible translations
use of vernacular in worship
legacy development of confessional states in Europe
emphasis on personal Bible reading
plurality of Protestant denominations
mainActivity religious reform
movement Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation
notableMember Heinrich Bullinger
Huldrych Zwingli
John Calvin
John Knox
Martin Bucer
Martin Luther
Menno Simons
Philip Melanchthon
Theodore Beza
Thomas Cranmer
William Tyndale
opposedTo Roman Catholic Church practices
indulgences
papal authority
religion Christianity
Protestantism
resultedIn formation of Anabaptist communities
formation of Anglican churches
formation of Lutheran churches
formation of Reformed churches
fragmentation of Western Christendom
theologicalEmphasis authority of Scripture
justification by faith alone
priesthood of all believers
rejection of many Catholic sacraments
timePeriod 16th century

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Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions usedBy Protestant reformers
John Foxe influencedBy Protestant Reformers
linked to: Protestant reformers
John Wycliffe influenced Protestant Reformers
linked to: Protestant reformers
Textus Receptus usedBy Protestant Reformers
subject linked to: TR
linked to: Protestant reformers
Servetian theology consideredBy Magisterial Reformers as heretical
linked to: Protestant reformers
Caspar Cruciger the Elder memberOf Wittenberg reformers
linked to: Protestant reformers