(the) Reformation

(the) Reformation
the Reformation UK [ˌrefə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] US [ˌrefərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n]
a period of religious change in Europe in the 16th century, in which the Protestant Church was started http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/reformation-the.htm
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the 16th-century European movement, led by Martin Luther and others, to ↑reform the ↑Roman Catholic Church. Supporters of the Reformation opposed the political powers of the Pope and argued for a simpler form of religion with less ceremony and more emphasis on the authority of the Bible. In England, King ↑Henry VIII appointed himself head of a new Protestant ↑Church of England in 1534, mainly so that he could get divorced from his first wife and marry again. The new Church was supported by bishops such as Thomas Cranmer and Hugh Latimer, and became firmly established under Queen ↑Elizabeth I. In Scotland, the strict Protestant views of John Knox and others led to the creation in 1690 of the ↑Presbyterian ↑Church of Scotland.
See also ↑Act of Supremacy, See also ↑Dissolution of the Monasteries
note at ↑Church of England

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