protestant reformation
The Protestant Reformation began in the early 1500s due to a need for change in the Catholic Church. ... The Lutheran and Calvinist Reformations were very similar in principle, although the Lutheran Reformation was less widespread. ... Luthers cause for reformation of 16th century European religion came from his unnatural paranoia that he was damned. ... It is apparent, however, that the Lutheran Reformation was clearly not because of the secular spirit of the Italian Renaissance, but more because of the personal conviction of an apprehensive monk. ... Another instrumental religion during the Reformation formed due to religious differences with the Catholic church; Anabaptism. ... All these reform groups came about as a result of the Protestant Reformation.