Protestant Reformation

  • Luther puts up 95 Theses
    Jan 1, 1517

    Luther puts up 95 Theses

    Signals the start of the Protestant Movement.
  • Luther publishes book To the Christrain Nobility of the German Nation
    Jan 1, 1520

    Luther publishes book To the Christrain Nobility of the German Nation

    Luther is spreading his belief of throwing off the shackles of the Church via literature
  • Diet of Worms
    Jan 1, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    Luther is excommunicated from the Catholic Church and is officially cut off from the Church
  • Translation of Bible into German language
    Jan 1, 1522

    Translation of Bible into German language

    Allows the Germans to not have to read Latin and be culturally independent
  • Formation of the Anabaptists
    Jan 1, 1525

    Formation of the Anabaptists

    Another off-shoot of the Protestant reformation, it weakened the Catholic Church, and in turn strengthened the other Christian Churches
  • Calvanism Founded
    Jan 1, 1529

    Calvanism Founded

    Another reformed religion splits off of the Catholic Church
  • Augsburg Confession
    Jan 1, 1530

    Augsburg Confession

    Outlines Lutheran theology and practice which allowed for the basis of Lutheranism
  • Initiation of English Reform
    Jan 1, 1533

    Initiation of English Reform

    Lutheranism gives others basis on which to create their own religion, in this case the Anglican Church of England
  • Society of Jesuit
    Jan 1, 1534

    Society of Jesuit

    This is to counter the reformation and to reconvert the converted back to the Catholic Church
  • Dissolution of the Monasteries
    Jan 1, 1536

    Dissolution of the Monasteries

    This revokes much of the Church's power (political and economical) within England
  • John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
    Jan 1, 1536

    John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion

    Was a major attack on the Catholic Church as it listed all of its flaws and portrayed the changed doctrines of Calvinism
  • Council of Trent
    Jan 1, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Marked the full support of the Catholic Church's idea of Counter-Reformation
  • The Book of Common Prayer
    Jan 1, 1549

    The Book of Common Prayer

    Allowed the Lutheran churches to have a personal book, not use a Catholic book
  • Peace of Augsburg
    Jan 1, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Major step in Lutheranism as they have secured a foothold within the HRE and are tolerated almost to the point of acceptance
  • Geneva Bible
    Jan 1, 1557

    Geneva Bible

    Was the primary Bible of Protestantism