By: Cara S

Kylie H

Omid E

Brianna M

Matt S

Pascack Hills High School, Montvale, New Jersey, USAJane Yeam, World History

King Henry VIII

He created the Church of England.

Separated England from the Roman Catholic Church because he wanted a divorce.

Martin Luther

• Nailed the Ninety-Five Theses onto the Wittenberg Church door.

• The Ninety-Five Theses protests abuse and indulgences performed by the clergy.

• Initiated the Protestant Reformation

John Calvin

• Created a sect of Christianity similar to Martin Luther but it included the idea of predestination.

* Predestination is the idea that everybody’s fate has been predetermined by God.

This sect was called Calvinism.

Hudreich Zwingli

• Leader in the Swiss Reformation

• Similar conclusions to Martin Luther about the scriptures.

• He insisted that the Bible was the source of Christian truth rather than the Church.

John Knox

• Scottish leader of the Protestant Reformation.

• Studied under John Calvin and brought the Protestant Reformation to Scotland.