Sentence examples for reformation from from inspiring English sources

The earliest criticism of orthodox dogma came in the age of the Reformation, not from the reformers but from the "left wing of the Reformation," from Michael Servetus (1511 533) and the Socinians.

"Islam needs reformation from within," said the Huffington Post.

The intellectual stimulation provided by humanists helped spark the Reformation, from which, however, many humanists, including Erasmus, recoiled.

Plenty were by their kings, but in divided Germany, Protestant-minded princes protected the pioneer of Europe's Reformation from church retribution.

The prestige of the Papal States was further diminished by the spread of the Reformation from the mid-16th century and the growth of Spanish power on the Italian peninsula in the 17th century.

What they don't need are lazy calls for an Islamic reformation from non-Muslims and ex-Muslims, the repetition of which merely illustrates how shallow and simplistic, how ahistorical and even anti-historical, some of the west's leading commentators are on this issue.

As the Protestant Reformation began, the Reformers from Luther and Calvin to Zwingli and Knox strongly supported the enjoyment of wine as a biblical blessing, and Calvin's annual salary in Geneva included seven barrels of wine.

After the Reformation, protestants from across Europe, like the French Huguenots, were given safe harbour in English cities.

She quietly produces book after brilliant book, virtually unrecognised, then finally comes into her kingdom with the story of the Reformation told from Thomas Cromwell's point of view.

Churches of the radical Reformation broke from established structures and called for sharp distinctions between Christian and non-Christian, sacred and secular, religious and worldly life.

The Reformation came from Germany and with it Martin Luther's High German translation of the Bible, which was quickly translated into Swedish (1541), Danish (1550), and Icelandic (1584).