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HistoryThe "Army of the Pope" was the nickname given to the Jesuits. The Jesuits were led by Ignatius of Loyola and backed by Pope Paul III, who officially sanctioned the organization in 1540 through the...
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The ReformationThere is no definitive answer to why Jan Hus was burned at the stake while Martin Luther’s life was spared. They were both college professors and priests who broke with the Roman Catholic Church...
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The ReformationThe first major religious change advocated by such reformers as Calvin and Luther was making the Bible widely available in the vernacular. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Bible had been read...
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The ReformationAs you say, there were many new Protestant (they werent' called that yet back then) denominations that sprang up after the Reformation, which started in 1517. Some of the more famous new...