The Reformation or Protestant Reformation was a schism occurring in the 16th century, specifically in 1517, from the Roman Catholic Church commenced by Martin Luther, a German monk, priest and professor of Theology and others such as John Calvin, a French Theologian and Martin Luther’s successor of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther had challenged the sales of indulgences, which enabled people to reduce their punishments for their sins by paying for them, as well as the current papal authority, when he had published his 95 theses with his theological motives. Martin luther had publicly criticised and outlined the corruption of the church in the 95 theses written, which simultaneously started a movement with a group of people called Lutherans.
