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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 [[martyr]]s 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 doctrines and malpractices within the 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 saints rather than true Biblical 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.  

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

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

*[[John Calvin]]

*[[John Calvin]]

*[[Martin Luther]]

*[[Martin Luther]]

*[[Protestantism|Protestant]]

*[[Protestantism]]

*[[Huguenots]]

*[[Huguenots]], Protestant in France

*[[Church of England]]

*[[Church of England]]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==