CLASS 7 · LEARNING KNOWLEDGE

Reformation and Confessions – Basic Principles

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The Reformation began in the early 16th century, when Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church. His 95 theses of 1517 led to a split in Western Christianity into different confessions, especially Catholicism and Protestantism. The Reformation had religious, political and social consequences: new denominations emerged, power relations shifted, and conflicts such as the religious wars occurred. The confessions differed in beliefs, forms of worship and church organization. The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 regulated, in the Holy Roman Empire, above all the coexistence of Catholic and Lutheran territories.

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The Reformation changed the religious and political order of Europe by leading to the emergence of different confessions and redefining the relationship between church and state.

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Which event is considered the trigger of the Reformation?

Martin Luther published his 1517 theses against the sale of indulgences in 95. That was the trigger of the Reformation, because it started a broad discussion about the Church.

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