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Reformation
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1. Historical survey
1.1. Terminology and early modern interpretationSince the mid-19th century,
Reformation (from Latin
reformatio, “restoration,” “transformation”) has been a specialized term for one side of the 16th-century events that tore Western Christendom apart into mutually antagonistic confessional churches; its antonym, denoting the other side, is
Counter-Reformation.Previously the term had carried the general meaning of “reform.” In the ecclesiastical and political reform movements of the late Middle Ages, we find both
reformatio and the verb
reform…
Date:
2021-03-15
