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To which order was the name "Army of the Pope" given?

The "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 religious reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake in 1414 for criticizing the Catholic...

There 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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What were the major religious reforms advocated during the Reformation?

The 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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Many new dominations were formed from the reformation. Name 3 of these groups and their leaders.

As 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...

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