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1037
Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085)
- Made priests stay unmarried.
- Wanted to choose bishops, not kings.
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1170
St. Dominic (c. 1170-1221)
-Started the Dominican Order.
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1181
St. Francis of Assisi (1181/1182-1226)
- Started the Franciscan Order.
- Said priests should be poor and simple
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1330
John Wycliffe (c. 1330-1384)
- Wanted the Bible in English.
- Said priests had too much money.
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1369
Jan Hus (c. 1369-1415)
- Spoke against buying forgiveness.
- Believed the Bible was more important than the Pope.
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1466
Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536)
- Wrote against bad things in the Church.
- Thought people should focus on being good inside.
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1483
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Nailed his ideas on a church door.
- Didn't believe the Pope had all the answers.
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1484
Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)
- Led changes in Switzerland.
- Said the Bible was more important than what the Church said.