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The Protestant Reformation: Spreading and Dividing Heading into the sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church was undoubtedly the dominating religious power Europe. But this dominance throughout Europe would not extend to the next one hundred years. This was the time before the great Protestant Reformation begun by theologian Martin Luther that was to challenge the Catholic Church not only in its practices, hierarchy, and Biblical interpretation, but also maybe most importantly, challenge its widespread following …

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