The Seventh Century was a time of great change in Europe and the Mid-east as Islam began to become aggressive and would eventually supplant across the Middle East and Northern Africa, which had previously been two strong Catholic areas. The Third Council of Constantinople met in 680-681 defining the two natures of Christ. The monasteries flourished and the Christianization of England and Germany proceeded at a great pace.
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They believed that the church rejected the bible
the Protestants' separation from the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther was a Catholic monk who sought to reform the Catholic Church.
Protestants did not reform the Catholic Church. They (Martin Luther, Henry VIII, etc) formed their own religions. The Catholic Church then reformed itself.
William Tyndale did not reform the Catholic Church, he left it and was excommunicated as a heretic.
The Puritans had sought to reform the Anglican Church. They believed that the Church of England had not gone far enough in separating itself from Roman Catholicism, and believed the church still pushed forward a lot of catholic based doctrine.
It is the protesting to the teaching of the church particularly Catholic.
During the counter-reformation, the papacy was reformed to address corruption.
Martin Luther felt that the Catholic Church needed reform because of the bad behavior of his fellow
Protestans who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called Puritans
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