HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Luther’s followers were known as ____
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Reformers
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Protestors
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Heretics
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Protestants
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The followers of Martin Luther were called Protestants. They ware called protestants because of their “Protest". They were in protest of the major beliefs of the Catholic Church at the time. They held differing beliefs than the Catholic Church and sought to create a new Christian sect based on these new beliefs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Luther, a German teacher and a monk, brought about the Protestant Reformation when he challenged the Catholic Church’s teachings starting in 1517. The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s.
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