Protestant Reformation

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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

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The Protestant Reformation had a lot to do with the printing press, where Martin Luther's theses were reproduced about 250,000 times. And so you had widespread dissemination of ideas that hadn't circulated in the mainstream before. Nate Silver

Arianism from the 16th to 19th century Following the Protestant Reformation from 1517, it did not take long for Arian and other non-trinitarian views to resurface. Source: Internet

As the Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation clashed, the Northern Renaissance showed a decisive shift in focus from Aristotelean natural philosophy to chemistry and the biological sciences (botany, anatomy, and medicine). Source: Internet

Attempted to counter the Protestant Reformation in her domains. Source: Internet

Before the Protestant Reformation, Latin was almost exclusively utilized in Latin Rite Catholic Churches, but was understood by only the most literate. Source: Internet

By the time of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, music was used to proselytize. Source: Internet

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