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- Dictionaryreformer/rɪˈfɔːmə/
noun
- 1. a person who makes changes to something in order to improve it: "he was a skilled reformer of law"
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2 days ago · The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, [1] was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
2 days ago · Articulated by John Calvin, the Reformed faith holds to a spiritual (pneumatic) presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper. Emerging in the 16th century, the Reformed tradition developed over several generations, especially in Switzerland, Scotland and the Netherlands.
Sep 12, 2024 · Martin Luther was a German theologian and religious reformer who initiated the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Through his words and actions, Luther precipitated a movement that reformulated certain basic tenets of Christian belief.
Sep 25, 2024 · Protestantism, Christian religious movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism became one of three major forces in Christianity.
3 days ago · Origins of the Saying. “Reformed and always reforming” first appears in a 1674 devotional by Jodocus van Lodenstein, a Reformed pastor involved with the Nadere Reformatie (Dutch Second Reformation). He expressed concern that an overemphasis on right doctrine had overshadowed attention to personal piety. From van Lodenstein’s perspective ...
Sep 16, 2024 · The reformer was by instinct a social conservative and supported existing secular authority against the upthrust of the lower orders. Although the Diet of Worms accepted the excommunication in 1521, Luther found protection among the princes.
2 days ago · Martin Luther OSA (/ ˈluːθər / LOO-thər; [1] German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ] ⓘ; 10 November 1483 [2] – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. [3] Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.
