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Martin Luther is fed up with the church. He decides to take ation against the church by posting a document attacking the corrupt practice of selling "indulgences"
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Was the trial of Martin Luther. Held in Heylsolf Gardens in Worms, Germany.
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King Henry VIII was granted the title by Pope Leo X. The title was in recognition of Henry's book Defense of the Seven Sacraments, which defended the sacramental nature of marriage and the supremacy of the Pope.
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The Marburg Colloquay was a meeting at Marburg Castle in an attempt to solve the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
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The Augsburg Confession is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church, and is considered one of the most important documents in the Lutheran Reformation.
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The Act of Supremacy was an English act of Parliament that recognized Henry VIII as the “Supreme Head of the Church of England.”
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The English Reformation 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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Sir Thomas More was put on trial for refusing to take the oath of supremacy of the Crown, and furthermore publicly refused to uphold King Henry's annulment from Catherine. King Henry then arrested him for treason.
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John Calvin wrote his book as an introduction of sorts to the Protestant faith.
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William Tyndale was killed becasue of his opposition on Henry VIII's divorce of Catharine of Aragon. He was charged with heresy and burned at the stake.
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The Society of Jesus is an all male religious group within the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and was founded by Ignatius of Loyola.
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One of the Roman Catholic Church's most important councils, and is described as the "embodiment of the Counter-Reformation".
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A temporary settlement within the Holy Roman Empire as a result of the religious conflict arising from the Reformation.
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The Roman Inquisition was formed in order to prosecute individuals who commited acts of heresy, treason, witchcraft, and other. It was also used in the censorship of printed works.
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The Edict of Nantes wasgranted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic.
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An English translation of the bible.
