Reformation (disambiguation)

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Reformation usually means "returning to a clean start," removing accumulated corruption and impurity. It is often used in reference to institutions, sets of practices, and people; those in favor of reformation usually believe that they are correcting errors and returning to a rightful course, such as with reformed criminals.

Famous reformations include:

  • Protestant Reformation, an attempt by Martin Luther to reform the Roman Catholic Church that resulted in a schism, and grew into a wider movement.
  • English Reformation, series of events in sixteenth-century England by which the church in England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church
  • Radical Reformation, an Anabaptist movement concurrent with the Protestant Reformation
  • Reformation (Indonesia), the (current) era in Indonesia after the fall of President Suharto, characterizied by increased freedom and political participation
  • Scottish Reformation, 1560
  • Swiss Reformation, 1520s

Reformation may also refer to:

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