Catholic Church Reformation Change

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The weakening of the Catholic Church which had brought the Reformation caused many things in modern society to be changed and is still changing. A company named “Wycliffe” translates bibles all around the world trying to accomplish what John Wycliffe had tried to do. The King James Bible was written and is still being written in many different ways. Today the King James bible is used all over the world. In modern society Martin Luther is shown all over, for example lutheranism is a religion used. Clearly, modern society has changed and still is because of the weakening of the Catholic Church which had brought the

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