Sentence examples for religious reform from inspiring English sources

Gregorian Reform, eleventh-century religious reform movement associated with its most forceful advocate, Pope Gregory VII (reigned 1073 85).

This was never a risk for Kolakowski's model thinker-activist, Erasmus of Rotterdam, a "peace-loving incendiary," who was at once engaged in the major conflicts of his day and "withdrawn and careful, unwilling to go to extremes" — the great promoter of religious reform who declined to join the Reformation.

His failure to promote real religious reform, however, helped to bring about the Reformation of the 16th century.

His failure to promote sufficiently religious reform, however, was destined to result in the Reformation in the 16th century.

Jerome Of Prague, (born c. 1365, Prague died May 30 , 1416 Constance) Czech philosopher and theologian whose advocacy of sweeping religious reform in the Western Church made him one of the first Reformation leaders in central Europe.

C. 1305 Kroměříž, Czechoslovakia June 29 , 1374Avignon, France John Milíč, in full John Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech Jan Milíč z Kroměříže (born c. 1305, Kroměříž, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic] died June 29 , 1374 Avignon, France), theologian, orator, and reformer, considered to be the founder of the national Bohemian religious reform movement.

Although affected by the efforts at religious reform, the bulk of the official Jewish establishment in western and central Europe remained Orthodox (a term first used by Reform leaders to designate their traditionalist opponents).

Last, humanism repeatedly fostered the impulse of religious reform.

Yet certain features of his religious reform stand out.

There is even less effort dedicated to religious reform.

Pietism, German Pietismus, influential religious reform movement that began among German Lutherans in the 17th century.