Protestant Reformation
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Protestant Reformation — The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517, though its roots lie further back in time. It began with Martin Luther and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.cite book |first=Edith… … Wikipedia
Protestant Reformation — noun a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches • Syn: ↑Reformation • Hypernyms: ↑religious movement * * * noun Usage: usually… … Useful english dictionary
Protestant Reformation — /prɒtəstənt rɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ (say protuhstuhnt refuh mayshuhn) noun → Reformation …
Protestant Reformation — Протестантская Реформация … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Reformation — may refer to:Movements: * Protestant Reformation, an attempt by Martin Luther to reform the Roman Catholic Church that resulted in a schism, and grew into a wider movement. * Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church s response to the Protestants… … Wikipedia
Protestant — 1539, from German or Fr. protestant, from L. protestantem (nom. protestans), prp. of protestari (see PROTEST (Cf. protest)). Originally used of German princes and free cities who declared their dissent from the decision of the Diet of Speyer… … Etymology dictionary
reformation — reformation, reform can both denote a making better or a giving of a new and improved form or character and are sometimes interchangeable without loss {the reformation of a criminal} {the reform of society} Reformation is the more usual term as a … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Reformation in Switzerland — The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrate (Mark Reust) and population of Zürich in the 1520s. It led to significant changes in civil life and state matters in… … Wikipedia
reformation — reformational, adj. /ref euhr may sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of reforming; state of being reformed. 2. (cap.) the religious movement in the 16th century that had for its object the reform of the Roman Catholic Church, and that led to the… … Universalium
Protestant Reformers — The Protestant Reformers were those theologians, churchmen, and statesmen whose careers, works, and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. Historically speaking, Protestant was the name given to those… … Wikipedia
