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The Reformation changed historical Christianity.

The Reformation was essentially a protest against many practices of the Catholic Church. There were many more actors and issues involved than just Martin Luther and his 95 Theses, but this is what many see as the genesis of the Reformation.

Martin Luther rebelled against what he would have called salvation by faith AND WORKS, as well as the practice of indulgences, which had to do with paying to get deceased persons out of Purgatory, amongst many other things.

Luther struggled mightily with his life and with his life style, and what that meant with regard to his eternal welfare. Once Luther turned to God, try as he might, he could not please God, or feel secure in his relationship with God. Luther went to great lengths to please God and be acceptable to Him, including all the prescribed practices of the Catholic Church. Finally Luther came to believe in salvation by faith alone, and this so wholly changed his life and his understanding of God and salvation, that he rebelled completely against the church. Which resulted in the 95 Theses.

Many others found themselves to be in the same place spiritually as Luther and ultimately the movement we now call the Reformation was born. Salvation that includes any requirement other than faith has huge doctrinal implications, which is why the split from the Catholic Church. Even so, there were differences among those who joined the reformed movement and we now have many denominations within Protestantism.

So, as the first poster wrote, the Reformation changed Christianity, or more appropriately (to me) returned to the doctrine of the Lord and the Apostles. The Reformation changed the world as well, as governments were changed, foreign policies were formed with respect to the changed beliefs, and even wars and such resulted. History was changed.

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