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. ... It contained a series of grievances opposing the Holy Roman Catholic Empire's way of catholic life, in which Luther was determined to reform. He attacked several more aspects of established Roman Catholicism including indulgences: which Luther condemned the Roman Church for there was no "authority in the Bible to sell indulgences" . ... He underwent a religious conv...

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Paul played a significant role in the foundation and growth of Christianity. ... Paul states, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believeth" (Romans 1:16), proving Luther adopted his ideas from Paul's theology. ...

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At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the majority of religious, political and social power in Europe. ... Papal corruption, the print press, the Renaissance, and personal ambitions all played an influence in religious reform. ...

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Cromwell's injunction of 1536 commanded that: the young should be taught the articles of faith and the Decalogue in English; clerics should avoid superstitious devotions, card-playing and alehouses; rich clergy should give generously to higher education and to the poor; and children should be taught a trade to avoid begging. ... He negotiated the king's marriage to Anne of Cleves as a means of securing the North German princes as allies against the Catholic Holy Roman emperor Charles V. ...

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