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Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press, which allows the bible to be widely produced and cheaper so the average person could own their own copy.
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Martin Luther nails a playcard with 95 theses or statements criticizing the sale of indulgences and other church polocies.
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Pope Leo the 5th formally candemmed Luther and banned all of his works.
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Pope Leo the 5th excommunicated Martin Luther from the church and ordered his works to be burned.
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Diet or council of german princes met in Worms, Germany to try and bring Luther back in the church. They decided Luther should take back his criticisms of the Papacy.
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Luther is condemmed a heretic and an outlaw.
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Luther goes into hiding and translates the bible into german so common people can read and understand the Bible.
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After hiding Luther laid the foundation of the first Prodestant faith: Lutheranism. Lutheranism emphesized salvation by faith alone and the bible's role as the only source of religious truth. Services were held in the language of the people.
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A major peeant revolt erupted. Luther backed the princed and they killed thousands of peasants which killed the revolt quickly.
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Huldrych Zwingli establishes a theocracy in Zurich.
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Act of Supremacy passes and makes King Henrey the 8th head of the English Church.
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John Calvin publishes, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion".
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John Calvin establishes consistory or 12 elders that have all power in Geneva.
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Lutheranism is widely spread throughout Europe.
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Queen Elizibeth I establishes Anglicanism in England.
