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Thursday, January 20, 2011

important events in the protestant reformation


The   Protestant  Reformation  is the  name given  to a religious  and political development  in the  16th century . The  Reformation   was  led  by Martin Luther , a German  monk who thought  that the Roman  Catholic church  was corrupted  and that  it should  be changed .Martin Luther  also argued  that the reformation  was in need of other things in particular  the  reformation  was required  with regards ,.The  language  that the bible  was  made  of most of the people couldnt read in latin for the selling of forgiveness .It  was considered  to be immoral  by Martin Luther but  had been  standard practice  by some   monks and preist for   centuries .The ideas behind the protestant reformation  were simple .They thought the bible   should  be changed  or remade  and accessible to all people , not  just for  the rich or the educated.
Click to see an enlarged pictureThis is Martin Luther he translated the bible into German so that everyone could read.

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