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The Reformation

By agress15
  • Apr 15, 1450

    The Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press, which allows the bible to be widely produced and cheaper so the average person could own their own copy.
  • Apr 15, 1517

    Reformation begins

    Reformation begins
    Martin Luther nails a playcard with 95 theses or statements criticizing the sale of indulgences and other church polocies.
  • Apr 15, 1520

    Luther gets condemmed

    Luther gets condemmed
    Pope Leo the 5th formally candemmed Luther and banned all of his works.
  • Jan 7, 1521

    Luther gets excommunicated

    Luther gets excommunicated
    Pope Leo the 5th excommunicated Martin Luther from the church and ordered his works to be burned.
  • Feb 16, 1521

    The Meeting

    The Meeting
    Diet or council of german princes met in Worms, Germany to try and bring Luther back in the church. They decided Luther should take back his criticisms of the Papacy.
  • Feb 16, 1521

    Luther gets condemmed again

    Luther gets condemmed again
    Luther is condemmed a heretic and an outlaw.
  • May 16, 1521

    Luteher in hiding

    Luteher in hiding
    Luther goes into hiding and translates the bible into german so common people can read and understand the Bible.
  • Apr 16, 1522

    After hiding

    After hiding
    After hiding Luther laid the foundation of the first Prodestant faith: Lutheranism. Lutheranism emphesized salvation by faith alone and the bible's role as the only source of religious truth. Services were held in the language of the people.
  • Feb 16, 1525

    Revolt

    Revolt
    A major peeant revolt erupted. Luther backed the princed and they killed thousands of peasants which killed the revolt quickly.
  • Jun 16, 1525

    Theocracy

    Theocracy
    Huldrych Zwingli establishes a theocracy in Zurich.
  • Apr 16, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Act of Supremacy passes and makes King Henrey the 8th head of the English Church.
  • Apr 16, 1536

    John Calvin

    John Calvin publishes, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion".
  • Apr 16, 1541

    John Calvin

    John Calvin establishes consistory or 12 elders that have all power in Geneva.
  • Apr 16, 1550

    Lutheranism

    Lutheranism is widely spread throughout Europe.
  • Apr 16, 1558

    Queen Elizibeth I

    Queen Elizibeth I establishes Anglicanism in England.