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Martin Luther created 95 theses, a list of questions and propositions and nailed them to the Church doors for the public to see.
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Was an English scholar who became a leading figure in Protestant reform in the years leading up to his execution.
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An imperial council meant to decide the fate for Martin Luther.
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Pope Leo X declared King Henry VIII the Fidei Defensor or Defender of the Faith.
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Was a series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
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A meeting at Marburg Castle, Marburg, Hesse, Germany which attempted to solve a disputation between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper,
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The primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Lutheran Reformation.
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Legislation in 1534 still in force today that granted King Henry VIII of England and subsequent monarchs Royal Supremacy, which means that he was declared the supreme head of the Church of England. It is still the legal authority of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
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Was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
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John Calvin's seminal work of Protestant systematic theology.
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Is a male religious congregation of the Catholic Church.
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Was a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church, during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of a wide array of crimes relating to religious doctrine or alternate religious doctrine or alternate religious beliefs.
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Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.
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Temporary settlement within the Holy Roman Empire of the religious conflict arising from the Reformation.
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The edict was accompanied by Henry IV’s own conversion from Huguenot Calvinism to Roman Catholicism and brought an end to the violent Wars of Religion that began in 1562.
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An English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England.
