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The Reformation in three minutes

Discover our video on the origin of the Protestant Reformation.

In 16th-century Europe, a group of people criticised the Catholic Church – they were called Protestants – and created a different church, called the “Reformed” church. Hence the expression “Protestant Reformation”. How did this movement come about?

 

To find out more about the origin of the Protestant Reformation:

The Lutheran Reformation