Protestant Reformation - 1513 - Spearheaded by Martin Luther,
the Protestant Reformation set about to answer the question about
what one must do to attain salvation. Luther believed that church
theology which included the seven sacraments set an
impossible task before good people who might deserve salvation.
Luther's idea was that the ``justice of God'' was not a punitive
recounting of ones individual folly, but a merciful acceptance
wrought out of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. The Reformation
became very popular and spread rapidly, splintering the Catholic
church into factions that exist to this day. religious
movement
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