Renaissance vs. Reformation

Renaissancenoun

A rebirth or revival.

Renaissancenoun

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Renaissancenoun

A new birth, or revival.

Renaissancenoun

the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

Renaissancenoun

the revival of learning and culture

Renaissance

The Renaissance (UK: rin-AY-sənss, US: (listen) REN-ə-sahnss) is a term used to describe a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It occurred after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages and was associated with great social change.

Reformationnoun

An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.

Reformationnoun

(law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.

Reformationnoun

The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.

Reformationnoun

Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.

Reformationnoun

improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

Reformationnoun

a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

Reformationnoun

rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course;

Reformation

The Protestant Reformation (alternatively and sometimes named the Protestant Revolution or European Reformation), was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church, and in particular to papal authority, arising from what were perceived to be errors, abuses, and discrepancies by the Catholic Church. The Reformation was the start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Catholic Church.