Protestant reformation reformers fresco

Reformers of the Catholic church

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  • Francis of Assisi
    1224

    Francis of Assisi

    -early reformer in the middle ages
    -Cluniac refrorms
    -spread religious ideas through printing
    -translation of the bible
    -order of Franciscans
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    nailed his thesis on the church door/ sent them to the bishop in Wittenberg
    -bible is the ultimate source of faith and not the pope
    -salvation by faith
  • Philip Melanchton
    1519

    Philip Melanchton

    -designer of educational system
    -systematized Luther's ideas
    -made Luther's ideas the basis of education
  • Ulrich Zwingli
    1522

    Ulrich Zwingli

    -rejected religious practices
    -not supported the bible
    advocated for the authority of scripture
    -calvin
  • Thomas Münzer
    1524

    Thomas Münzer

    -rejected infant baptism
    -popular amongst lower classes
    -Luther condemned them
    -anabaptism
  • Ignatius of Loyola
    1534

    Ignatius of Loyola

    -Jesuita order
    -fourth vow
    -Ignatian spirituality
  • Jean Calvin
    1536

    Jean Calvin

    -calvinism
    -the institutes of the christian religion
    -predestination
    -democratic consistory
    -theocracy
  • Michael Servetus
    1551

    Michael Servetus

    -criticized the Holy Trinity
    -heretic