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Reformation
Ninety-five Theses, written byMartin Luther in 1517
Precursors Peter Waldo andWaldensians John Wycliffe andLollardy Jan Hus andHussites Girolamo Savonarola andPiagnoni Arnold of Brescia andArnoldists Peter of Bruys andPetrobrusians Henry of Lausanne andHenricians Berengar of Tours andBerengarians Friends of God Pataria Gottschalk of Orbais Ratramnus Claudius of Turin Wessel Gansfort Johann Ruchrat von Wesel Johannes von Goch Gundolfo
Beginning Ninety-five Theses Diet of Worms Luther Bible Magisterials Radicals
Contributing factors Western Schism Avignon Papacy Bohemian Reformation Northern Renaissance Christian humanism German mysticism Johannes Gutenberg and hisprinting press Erasmus Johann Reuchlin
Theologies of seminal figures Theology of Martin Luther Theology of Huldrych Zwingli Theology of John Calvin
Protestant Reformers Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Huldrych Zwingli John Calvin Martin Bucer William Tyndale Andreas Karlstadt Theodore Beza George Buchanan Heinrich Bullinger Peter Martyr Vermigli William Farel François Hotman John Knox Hubert Languet Thomas Müntzer Balthasar Hubmaier Menno Simons Thomas Cranmer Richard Hooker Jacobus Arminius Thomas Helwys Roger Williams Henry Denne Many others
By location Germany Switzerland (Geneva/Zürich) England Scotland Netherlands Czech Lands Hungary Romania Slovenia Denmark–Norway and Holstein Sweden and Finland Iceland Estonia andLatvia Austria France Italy Poland-Lithuania Ireland
Major political leaders Henry VIII Elizabeth I Oliver Cromwell James VI and I William the Silent Gaspard II de Coligny Henry IV of France Jeanne d'Albret Stephen Bocskai Gabriel Bethlen Gustav II Adolf Frederick V, Elector Palatine Philip I of Hesse Electors of Saxony Frederick III John Frederick I
Counter-Reformation Catholic Church Council of Trent Counter-Reformation § Politics Censorship of the Bible § 16th century Anti-Protestantism Criticism Holy Roman Emperors Charles V Ferdinand II
Political and religious conflicts Thirty Years' War French Wars of Religion Eighty Years' War War of the Three Kingdoms German Peasants' War Wars of Kappel Schmalkaldic War
Art and literature Painting and sculpture Northern Mannerism Lutheran art German Renaissance Art Swedish art English art Woodcuts Art conflicts Beeldenstorm Building Influence on church architecture Literature Elizabethan Metaphysical poets Propaganda Welsh Scottish Anglo-Irish German Czech Swiss Slovak Sorbian Romanian Danish Bohorič alphabet Faroese Norwegian Swedish Finnish Icelandic Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age Folklore of the Low Countries 16th century Renaissance humanism 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature Theater English Renaissance theatre Pastoral Morality History Tragedy Revenge
Music Forms Hymnody of continental Europe Music of the British Isles Hymn tune Lutheran chorale Lutheran hymn Anglican church music Exclusive psalmody Scottish church music Normative principle Anglican chant Homophony vs.Polyphony Falsobordone Verse anthem Liturgies Reformed worship Calvin's liturgy Formula missae Deutsche Messe Liturgical Struggle Ecclesiastical Latin Lutheran and Anglican Mass in music Cyclic mass vs.Paraphrase mass Roman vs.Sarum Rites Sequence (retained by Lutherans, mostly banned by Trent) Hymnals First andSecond Lutheran hymnals First Wittenberg hymnal Ausbund Swenske songer Thomissøn's hymnal Book of Common Prayer Metrical psalters Book of Common Order Souterliedekens Genevan Psalter Scottish Psalter Whole Book of Psalms
Conclusion and commemorations Conclusion Confessionalization with subsequentProtestant orthodoxy Peace of Westphalia Simultaneous rise ofPietism andRationalism Monuments Reformation Wall Luther Monuments Calendrical commemoration Reformation Day Lutheran Anglican
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TheMagisterial Reformation refers in particular to the history of theLutheran,Reformed, andAnglican traditions withinProtestant Christianity,^[1][2] in how these denominations "related tosecular authorities, such as princes,magistrates, or city councils", i.e. "the magistracy".^[3][4] While theRadical Reformation (that led to theAnabaptist churches) rejected any secularauthority over the church,^[5] the Magisterial Reformation argued for the interdependence of the church and secular authorities. AsAlister McGrath put it "The magistrate had a right to authority within the church, just as the church could rely on the authority of the magistrate to enforce discipline, suppress heresy, or maintain order."^[4]

The major theological figures representing the Magisterial Reformation wereLuther,Zwingli,Calvin,^[6] andKnox,^[7] as well asThomas Cranmer.The Magisterial Reformers believed that secular authority should be followed where it did not clash with biblical commands. An early example of this was seen in thePeasant’s Rebellion of 1525, towards which Luther had been sympathetic, but which later he condemned.^[8][9]

The termmagisterial relates also to the emphasis these denominations place on the authority of the teachers of the early church (such asSt Augustine of Hippo).

The churches in the Magisterial Reformation deny to theChurch of Rome exclusive claims toCatholic, thus of being the onlyone true church, insisting rather that they too remain part of theCatholic Church as set out in theNicene Creed.

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