Brief Reformation History

Brief Summary history of the Reformation 

Christianity continued onward in regions outside catholicisms grasp, since 33AD thru 5th century (and beyond), but because of the Roman empire in the late 5th century becoming a large religion of that region, they falsely taught there and on missions over time that it was the church from 33AD; it was not true. Others continued onward in Christianity without catholicism's grasp, and eventually thanks to the below, Christianity has been restored.

The Reformation technically didnt start in the 16th century it started earlier, but became a movement then.

From 1200s to 1500s these men patiently brought about renewal, even if many of them died for doing it. In many cases, each experienced active persecution from catholic popes & leaders, they even fell under the suspicion of or were condemned and murdered falsely for supposed heresy. However, they were eventually vindicated in history by their cause, as advocates for the truth of Christ’s doctrine and Scriptural teaching prevailed, and as people gained access to the Bible to investigate it themselves.

They allowed themselves to be misunderstood and maligned by popes and catholic leaders, knowing that God would bring about their vindication…as God always does.

St Francis began reforming in 1208 and thru all the reformers, and.... it continues into today, continually calling individual believers to examine Scripture, remove any false teaching held to, an hold to what God has told us in truth in the Old and New Testament. 

Reformers within the medieval church such as St. Francis of Assisi, whom that Pope eventually listened to Francis’ vision for renewal and it was implemented. Jan Hus, and John Wycliffe also addressed "reforming" aspects in the life of the church in the centuries before 1517. 

In the 16th century Erasmus of Rotterdam, a great scholar, was the chief proponent of reform who attacked popular superstitions in the church and urged the imitation of Christ as the supreme moral teacher. These figures began reformation within the church in the years before Luther posted his 95 thesis (points of serious catholic teaching errors) on the door of a catholic cathedral, in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517. The date many assume was for the beginning of the Reformation, but it really began in the 1200s. Those in Biblical Christianity, from then eventually reclaimed true Christianity [back to the teachings of the early church (33 AD-4th century)] simply celebrate the movement annually on that day and praise God for it. 

We should all be thankful to the ones who rebelled against false teaching, and by reasoning with people and examining Scripture, brought millions out of catholicism and back to true Christianity. 

While it is true Christianity continued onward in regions outside catholicisms grasp, since 33AD thru 5th century, unto even today... those who were influenced by and followed Catholicism, were able to see the truth and get out of it because of the Reformers, and the printed Bible in modern language of the people they got out to people in the West and globally. God will always bring his people into truth, and it sets us free.

Let us thank God for the written word of God he has given us in the Holy Bible.