The Reformation began when Martin Luther, a monk, posted his 95 theses on the church at Wittinberg on October 31, 1517. His doctrine was of justification by faith alone instead of sacraments, good works, meditation, indulgences, and it placed a person in direct communic

In 1547, the then victorious Charles V stood at the grave of Martin Luther, and said “ I do not make war on dead men.” But the ghosts of Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin were not so easily laid to rest. For another century, the dead men would cause war in Europe.

The second generation of reformists were scholars like Huldreich Zwingli from Zurich, and John Calvin from Geneva. Zwingli was a preaching reformist who believed in the teachings of Luther; he stressed the equality of the believers, and the most important justification by faith alone just like Luther. He also said that the gospel is the authority for church practices. The principals of Zwingli spread to other parts of Europe, and to the hands of John Calvin referred to as the “greatest reformer.” As said before Luther was not trying to form a new religion, but he ended up with one known today as Protestants.

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