Reformation
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- noun
- /ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
- Luther was a key figure of the Reformation, a movement that began as a protest against certain church practices.
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation
- History of the Reformation
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Watch on YouTubePlus Martin Luther led to the Reformation, led to the counter Reformation, led to the religious wars.
- Plus Martin Luther led to the Reformation, led to the counter Reformation, led to the religious wars.
- That doesn't mean that, you know, events like the Reformation or the Second World War don't have significance well beyond that.
- And with that, the we had the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther called the printing press God's highest act of grace.
- In fact, that was the period in church history when there was a major shift in this whole exorcism thing with the Reformation.
- Because what happened in the Protestant Reformation was that various.
- Well, the whole Protestant Reformation was based out of grace and some of our Catholic friends struggle with that, Others love it.
Examples
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When we think about Edward, we often think of him as a boy King, as a footnote to the reign of his father, but actually the Protestant reformation really should set his reign apart and we should look more closely at just what Edward achieved.
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It took place in a context of the Reformation in Europe.
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Oh, it was one of those religious things during the Reformation.
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Has this king forgotten the Reformation?
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Our generation's probably the worst since the Protestant Reformation.
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By removing direct theological doctrine from the law, the Protestant Reformation allowed the law to develop in new ways.
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Martin Luther's action was followed by the turbulence of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
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The Nikolaikirche has served Protestant worship since 1539, when the Reformation came to Leipzig.
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Their differences are so great, that Edward cannot conceive of his sister Mary succeeding to the throne and undoing the Protestant reformation that he has enacted upon the country.
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The exhibition chronicles the Reformation's expansion from Germany to the rest of Europe and eventually the world.
Synonyms
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A 16th-century movement that changes the Roman Catholic Church and leads to new Christian churches
Compounds
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A 16th-century movement that changes the Roman Catholic Church and leads to new Christian churches
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A movement in the Catholic Church in the 1500s to strengthen Catholic belief and practice after the Protestant Reformation
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Making serious changes in your own behavior and character to become a better person
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Religious movements before the Protestant Reformation that helped lead to it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reformation comes from re- 'again' and form 'shape', so it literally means 'to shape again'. The 16th-century Reformation was a movement to 'shape the church again' by changing its beliefs and practices, which is why the word now refers to that major religious change.