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"The Reformation" wasn't a single shift, with or without Unitarianism. Its starting point and best-known aspect was Luther's break with the Catholic Church. Zwingli started a similar movement in Sw...
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gmcgath
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2021-10-25T13:23:14Z (over 2 years ago)
"The Reformation" wasn't a single shift, with or without Unitarianism. Its starting point and best-known aspect was Luther's break withe the Catholic Church. Zwingli started a similar movement in Switzerland, coming into public controversy shortly after the Diet of Worms. The strict Anabaptists broke away from Zwingli. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church for personal reasons.- The founder of Unitarianism as a formal movement was Francis David of Transylvania. His ideas influenced John Sigismund, who ruled the Ottoman-dominated part of Hungary. Sigismund issued an edict of tolerance in 1568, which went far beyond the Holy Roman Empire's declaration that rulers could choose between Protestantism and Catholicism.
- You can break these "reformations" up into as many or as few as you like, but there isn't much support for singling out the Unitarian movement as a second reformation. Its long-term influence in allowing reasoned analysis into religion was strong, but it didn't have that much influence over the religious landscape of Europe at the time.
- "The Reformation" wasn't a single shift, with or without Unitarianism. Its starting point and best-known aspect was Luther's break with the Catholic Church. Zwingli started a similar movement in Switzerland, coming into public controversy shortly after the Diet of Worms. The strict Anabaptists broke away from Zwingli. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church for personal reasons.
- The founder of Unitarianism as a formal movement was Francis David of Transylvania. His ideas influenced John Sigismund, who ruled the Ottoman-dominated part of Hungary. Sigismund issued an edict of tolerance in 1568, which went far beyond the Holy Roman Empire's declaration that rulers could choose between Protestantism and Catholicism.
- You can break these "reformations" up into as many or as few as you like, but there isn't much support for singling out the Unitarian movement as a second reformation. Its long-term influence in allowing reasoned analysis into religion was strong, but it didn't have that much influence over the religious landscape of Europe at the time.
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gmcgath
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2021-09-01T18:28:19Z (over 2 years ago)
"The Reformation" wasn't a single shift, with or without Unitarianism. Its starting point and best-known aspect was Luther's break withe the Catholic Church. Zwingli started a similar movement in Switzerland, coming into public controversy shortly after the Diet of Worms. The strict Anabaptists broke away from Zwingli. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church for personal reasons. The founder of Unitarianism as a formal movement was Francis David of Transylvania. His ideas influenced John Sigismund, who ruled the Ottoman-dominated part of Hungary. Sigismund issued an edict of tolerance in 1568, which went far beyond the Holy Roman Empire's declaration that rulers could choose between Protestantism and Catholicism. You can break these "reformations" up into as many or as few as you like, but there isn't much support for singling out the Unitarian movement as a second reformation. Its long-term influence in allowing reasoned analysis into religion was strong, but it didn't have that much influence over the religious landscape of Europe at the time.