WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Luther Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The Reformation was the religious revolution in the 16th century that resulted in the split of Western Christianity between Roman Catholics and Protestants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Reformation was the start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Roman Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-4: -One issue that split Protestants and Catholics during the Reformation was disagreement over whether Christians attain salvation in heaven through faith in God alone, or through a combination of faith and good works.