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The '''Protestant Reformation''' was the 16th century movement which led to the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches separating from the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. It is usually said to have started when [[Martin Luther]] nailed his ''[[95 Theses]]'' to the door of a church in Wittenburg [[Germany]]. Protestants rejected what they perceived as false [[doctrine]]s and [[malpractice]]s within the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. These included the teaching and sale of [[indulgences]], the  buying and selling of church positions and the systemic [[corruption]], which even reached to the position of the [[Pope]], devotion to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] and the [[saint]]s rather than true [[Christianity]] which they saw as a matter of inward devotion to [[faith]] and [[God]] rather than outward symbols of ceremony and ritual, rejection of the [[authority]] of the [[Pope]] because they believed the only true authority to be the [[Bible]] which Protestants made available to all by publication of the Bible in the common language and universal education. The mandatory [[celibacy]] of the [[clergy], (as well as monasticism) were also rejected. During the reformation many [[Martyrs to the Protestant Faith]] were killed by Roman Catholics.

The '''Protestant Reformation''' was the 16th century movement which led to the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches separating from the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. It is usually said to have started when [[Martin Luther]] nailed his ''[[95 Theses]]'' to the door of a church in Wittenburg [[Germany]]. Protestants rejected what they perceived as false [[doctrine]]s and [[malpractice]]s within the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. These included the teaching and sale of [[indulgences]], the  buying and selling of church positions and the systemic [[corruption]], which even reached to the position of the [[Pope]], devotion to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] and the [[saint]]s rather than true [[Christianity]] which they saw as a matter of inward devotion to [[faith]] and [[God]] rather than outward symbols of ceremony and ritual, rejection of the [[authority]] of the [[Pope]] because they believed the only true authority to be the [[Bible]] which Protestants made available to all by publication of the Bible in the common language and universal education. The mandatory [[celibacy]] of the [[clergy]], (as well as monasticism) were also rejected. During the reformation many [[martyr]]s to the Protestant Faith were killed by Roman Catholics.

===[[Reformation Terms]]===

===[[Reformation Terms]]===

*[[indulgences]]

*[[Indulgences]]

*[[John Calvin]]

*[[John Calvin]]

*[[Martin Luther]]

*[[Martin Luther]]