Protestant Reformation Summary

Reformation REFORMATION. [This entry discusses the sixteenth-century movement within Western Christendom that led to the emergence of the several Protestant churches.] The term reformatio (from the La... Read more

In the following excerpt from a work originally published in German in 1922, Barth surveys the intellectual history of the Protestant Reformation, particularly in relation to the historical period whi... Read more

In the essay that follows, Lindberg argues that the ideals of the Protestant Reformation introduced a cultural and religious pluralism that had a major impact on the social and political history of Eu... Read more

In the following essay, Schaeffer contends that the Reformation was both a rejection of the increasing humanism of the Roman Catholic Church and a stimulus to new developments in the arts. While the m... Read more

In the following excerpt, Zagorin argues for the importance of religious pamphlets, such as the Twelve Articles, in inciting the German peasant revolts of the sixteenth century which contributed to th... Read more

."..I cannot and I will not recant anything I have said..." This one phrase out of a quote by Martin Luther to Charles V planted the seed to one of the most drastic, devastating, and controversial dev... Read more

Luther opposed the Catholic Church for many reasons. He did not agree with many of the beliefs and actions that the Church took, so he decided to take a different route. He realized that the church... Read more

The Protestant Reformation was one of the most significant religious revolutions in the history of Christianity. While chiefly attributed to Martin Luther, many philosophers of the Renaissance laid ... Read more