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Reformation disputes divide the Latin West

Timeline Event · From 1517 CE

About this date: The Ninety-Five Theses are a conventional opening marker for the Protestant Reformation.

Luther's challenge to indulgence preaching opens wider disputes over authority, justification, sacraments, and reform. Catholic responses developed over decades; 1517 was a beginning, not a completed division.

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