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KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / MODERN AGE / REFORMATION AND COUNTER REFORMATION / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / MODERN AGE / REFORMATION AND COUNTER REFORMATION / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

·      The name ‘Protestant’ was first applied by Martin Luther

·      Reformation was started in Germany by Martin Luther in 1517. This resulted in the formation of Protestant Religion

·      Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin were the leaders of reformation in Switzerland

·      Reformation in Switzerland was known as Calvinism

·      Reformation movement in England was known as Anglicanism it was led by King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I

·      Counter-Reformation was a reformist movement within the Catholic Church to restore its universal authority

·      John Wycliffe is known as the “Morning Star of the Reformation”. He was responsible for giving inspiration to translate Bible into English for the first time.

·      Ignatius Layola formed a society of monks known as ‘Jesus Order’ in Spain

·      Jesute missionaries reached India for the first time during the period of Akbar the Great in 1580.

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