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. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ...
Famous reformations include:
The Protestant Reformation, an attempt by Martin Luther to reform the Church that resulted in a schism, and grew into a wider movement.
The 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.
Reformation may also refer to: The Reformation was a movement in the years of the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church in Western Europe. ... The Radical Reformation was a 16th century response to both the perceived corruption in the Roman Catholic Church and the expanding Protestant movement led by Martin Luther. ... The Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation was a strong reaffirmation of the doctrine and structure of the Catholic Church, climaxing at the Council of Trent, partly in reaction to the growth of Protestantism. ... The Reformation (in bahasa Indonesia Reformasi) is the name commonly used for the present era in the history of Indonesia. ...
The Reformation is the name of the upcoming debut album by West Coast rapper Bishop Lamont. ... The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant (ISBN 0-671-21988-X) is an 11 volume set of books. ...
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Reformers in the Church of England alternated, for centuries, between sympathies for catholic traditions and Protestantism, progressively forging a stable compromise between adherence to ancient tradition and Protestantism, which is now sometimes called the via media, and which was in effect abandoned at the decision in the 1990s to ordain women.
The frustrated reformism of the humanists, ushered in by the Renaissance, contributed to a growing impatience among reformers.
The major individualistic reform movements that revolted against medieval scholasticism and the institutions that underpinned it were: humanism, devotionalism, and the observatine tradition.
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