Protestant reformation reformers fresco

Reformers of the Catholic church

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  • 1224

    Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi
    -early reformer in the middle ages
    -Cluniac refrorms
    -spread religious ideas through printing
    -translation of the bible
    -order of Franciscans
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    nailed his thesis on the church door/ sent them to the bishop in Wittenberg
    -bible is the ultimate source of faith and not the pope
    -salvation by faith
  • 1519

    Philip Melanchton

    Philip Melanchton
    -designer of educational system
    -systematized Luther's ideas
    -made Luther's ideas the basis of education
  • 1522

    Ulrich Zwingli

    Ulrich Zwingli
    -rejected religious practices
    -not supported the bible
    advocated for the authority of scripture
    -calvin
  • 1524

    Thomas Münzer

    Thomas Münzer
    -rejected infant baptism
    -popular amongst lower classes
    -Luther condemned them
    -anabaptism
  • 1534

    Ignatius of Loyola

    Ignatius of Loyola
    -Jesuita order
    -fourth vow
    -Ignatian spirituality
  • 1536

    Jean Calvin

    Jean Calvin
    -calvinism
    -the institutes of the christian religion
    -predestination
    -democratic consistory
    -theocracy
  • 1551

    Michael Servetus

    Michael Servetus
    -criticized the Holy Trinity
    -heretic