He followed the leadership of influences such as John Wycliffe to create a reformation to repair the Catholic Church, and stated his thoughts in the 95 theses that began an uproar of debate. ... Martin Luther opposed to nuns being unable to get married. ... (Luther, Martin 1) Martin Luther's greatest religious influence was John Wycliffe, a leader from the 14th Century. John Wycliffe fundamentally explains how Luther came to understand his faith, and encouraged the inner Luther to rebel against the Catholic Churches policies. John Wycliffe (1328-1384) was an English reformer who...

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Though they were two considerably different men with considerably different beliefs and practices, John Calvin and Martin Luther shared certain view points and most importantly the same objective; to reform the church. it is fair to say that they both played equally important roles in the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin, an educated French man of law, converted to Protestantism and devoted his life to the reform of the church. Also, Martin Luther, who On the thirty first of October in the year 1517 inadvertently created an opportunity for change by nailing his nin...

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Martin Luther, commonly associated with the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, was actually not the first person to rebel against the Catholic Church. His actions were not only influenced by the Church's overt corruption, but also by the earlier efforts of Jan Hus (also known as John Hus). ... By taking more responsibility for one's community, more reformations on larger scales may follow, as demonstrated by Jan Hus and Martin Luther. ... Most importantly, Hus' preachings and death influenced Martin Luther, a pivotal figure in the Protestant Revolution which affected most...

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However, John Wycliffe, an English priest and teacher at Oxford University, declared that people had the right to read the Bible and interpret it for themselves. ... Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic Church to build his own interpretation of Christianity. ... Martin Luther made a wise choice of breaking away from the Catholic Church to promote ending the selling of indulgences. ... Martin Luther made the right choice of breaking away from the Catholic Church because poor people appeared to be left out and had a small chance of entering paradise. ... Finally, Martin Luther was justifie...

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All Puritans in that era were not completely in approving union with the decisions of a few men, named Martin Luther and John Calvin. ... (http://www.wncc.edu) Martin Luther and John Calvin were responsible for initiating the revolt against Christian ideals. John Calvin's principles were adopted from Luther's and later were improved to his own ethics. ... (http://www.britannica.com) Most of them, which are Calvinist, pursued the teachings and declaration of John Calvin's "profound" ideas. ...

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Martin Luther, John Calvin (1509- 1564), Anabaptist and Anglicans were at the forefront of the reformation struggles against the Roman Catholic church and it's leaders. Martin Luther (1483- 1546) and other resented how the roman clergy lived their lives and spent riches on housing and churches (St Peters). ... John Calvin came after Martin Luther and wanted a strict adherence to reforms he instituted in the church. ...

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As the result of a personal religious struggle, a German Augustinian friar, Martin Luther, launched the Protestant reformation of the sixteenth century. Luther's wise and kindly confessor, John Stupitz, directed him to the study of St. ... Martin Luther was lucky in the sense that he happened to be at the right place at the right time. ... Martin Luther was a religious radical in the sense that his main goal was to reform the church, and he was going to use any means necessary to accomplish his goal. ...

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Even though Martin Luther only wanted to make corrections in Faith, a separation occurred in the Christian Church. Reformers such as Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin became popular because they protested their right to practice their religion openly. ... As a German monk who struggled with the Church's traditional beliefs, Martin Luther was the first reformer of the Protestant Reformation. ... In John Calvin's "A look at the giver", he bans out all early sinful acts (Doc 6). ... John Calvin in 1536, had explained how everyone should be admired by god and how we are all full of sins be...

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Protestants were already calling to reform the Roman Church and Reformers such as German Martin Luther, Frenchman Jean Calvin, and King Henry VIII, played significant roles in contributing to reforming the Catholic Church. ... The reformation movement began when German monk Martin Luther posted up the "Ninety-five Theses against the Roman Catholic Church of All Saints in Wittenberg" inviting debate and discussion amongst scholars. ... It could be this, that many have followed John Calvin's teachings, and from this, the Calvinistic church was brought in. ... He reinforced the "Blue Laws",...

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The preparations of the movement were long and there had been earlier calls for reform, for example, by John Wyclif and John Huss. ... The Reformation began when Martin Luther, a monk, posted his 95 theses on the church at Wittinberg on October 31, 1517. ... The second generation of reformists were scholars like Huldreich Zwingli from Zurich, and John Calvin from Geneva. ... The principals of Zwingli spread to other parts of Europe, and to the hands of John Calvin referred to as the "greatest reformer." ... In 1547, the then victorious Charles V stood at the grave of Martin Luther, and said " ...

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Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin Romans 1:17 states "For in the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith: as it is written, "The one who is righteous will live by faith." " Luther struggled with his quest for sanctification. ... Finally, John Calvin is given credit as being the theologian that was able to pull several movements together in order to form a workable theology. ...

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Another source of revenue, papal indulgences, would lead to the reformer Martin Luther beginning his campaign against the Latin church. ... Martin Luther saw this and wanted changes. ... By the 1600's they were made up of several churches led by reformers like Martin Luther and John Wiclif. ...

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Next, a strong Catholic man named Martin Luther began to call for reform of the church. ... Other reformers began their own group such as John Calvin and the Calvinists, and John Knox and the Presbyterians. ...

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During his four trips to England, he made frienship with John Colet, Thomas More, Thomas Linacre, and William Grocyn, most prominent figures of their time. ... In1517, when Reformation had become a serious issue under the leadership of German Theologian Martin Luther, Erasmus's intellectual life took a new turn. ... He also wrote De Libero Arbitrio (On the Freedom of the Will, 1524), in which he made a splendid attack on Martin Luther. ... He was not a religious reformer, like Martin Luther nor was he enthusiastic to participate in theological discussions. ...

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The Reformation officially began in 1517 when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Church on the matter of Indulgences. ... Men such as John Wycliffe, John Huss, and Gerolamo Savonarola spoke out against the papacy, confession, purgatory, pilgrimages, worship of saints, relics, etc. ... Some famous men who belonged to this group were John of Wessel, Erasmus and Thomas Kempis. ... For all practical purposes Martin Luther stabilized the German language. ...

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In Doc. 3, Martin Luther's 95 Theses spread throughout Europe in many languages (along with the bible) so now the common man new that the church was lying to make money. ... Doc. 6 backed up what Martin Luther was trying to fight against the church for. ... John Man may have been biased because he is writing about the how much the world changed because of books so he might of smudged the numbers. ...

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