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The Reformation was a great change in the Christian church because of the abuses in the Church: Simony (buying and selling positions in the Church), Nepotism (relatives given the important positions whether they were religiously educated or not), Absenteeism (when the priest or bishop was not living in their appointed serving place - diocese), and Pluralism (holding more than one position in the Church at the same time).
People were unhappy with the abuses in the Church and demanded change. The first Protestant reformer was Martin Luther.
The Reformation is why there are many denominations (religion within a religion) in the Christian Church e.g. Roman Catholics (were loyal to the Pope in Rome), Protestants (believed in what the Bible said - called 'justification by faith alone - and not the Pope and protested), Presbyterians (set up by John Calvin who agreed with many of Luther's beliefs but two main questions were different:
How do you get to Heaven? God's decision was made before birth -predestination
How should the Church be organised? He modelled his Church the way it was run in the days of Apostles), etc.
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