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Protestant Reformation (Causes (Low clergy's lack of training,…
Protestant Reformation
Causes
Low clergy's lack of training
Church's wealth
Bad example of the high clergy
Sale of indulgences
Buying and selling of ecclesiastical positions
Break from Rome
Salvation depends on God's will
Rejection of the veneration to Virgin Mary, saints and holy relics
Free interpretation of the Bible
Opposition of Church owning properties
Spread of the Reformation
Lutheranism spread across northern Europe
Calvinism (John Calvin) spread through Switzterland, England, Scotland and Low Countries
Anglicans: England, King Henry VII
Dates
1517: Publication of the 95 Theses
1521: Excommunication of Luther
1559-1562: Erradication of Lutheranism in Spain