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German theologian Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century. It was an attempt to reform the Catholic Church.
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He was in Wittenberg, Germany.
No, Martin Luther was a German monk who started the Reformation of the Catholic Church and the Protestant Movement during the Renaissance. This happened in the early 16th century.
If you mean: "......in reaction to ther Reformation movement started by Luther and Calvin", the answer is that the name is the Counter-Reformation, started by the Roman Catholic Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563.
The movement is called Protestant Reformation or the Protestant Revolt.The Protestant Reformation
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The Counter-Reformation in Italy began in the mid-16th century, particularly after the Council of Trent, which started in 1545 and concluded in 1563. This movement was a response to the Protestant Reformation and aimed to reform the Catholic Church and reaffirm its doctrines. The Counter-Reformation was characterized by a renewed emphasis on spirituality, the establishment of new religious orders, and the promotion of Baroque art and architecture to inspire faith.
This revolution started in Great Britain in the eighteenth century
The Protestant Revolt started by Martin Luther brought on the Catholic Reformation.
because Martin Luther, generally regarded as father of the reformation, was a german catholic priest and wanted to reform the catholic church! he started this process in germany resulting in the different protestant churches we know today!
The Reformation is considered to have been started when Luther nailed the 95 Thesis against indulgences to the door of the castle church at Wittenberg in 1517. Luther is regarded as the leader of the Reformation movement, although he didn't actually intend to start a movement as such. The Lutheran Church was named after him, although he did not want it to be.