Indian Christianity

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN
John Wycliff and Jan Hus
Wycliff in opposition to the Roman Catholic policy wanted to translate the Bible into the languages of the
people. He himself personally translated the Gospels. The Council of Constance declared Wycliffe (on 4
May 1415) a heretic and under the ban of the Church. It was decreed that his books be burned and his
remains be exhumed. The exhumation was carried out in 1428 when, at the command of Pope Martin V,
his remains were dug up, burned, and the ashes cast into the River Swift, which flows through
Lutterworth.
Martin Luther
95 Thesis of Martin Luther
The Protestant Reformation began on 31 October 1517, in Wittenberg, Saxony, where Martin Luther
nailed his Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences to the door of the Castle
ChurchIn Germany, reformation can be dated at 1517 CE the day when Martin Luther an Augustinian
monk at the university of Wittenberg, called in for a debate and discussion on doctrines and practice.
This is known as 95 thesis. The consequent Martin Luther's excommunication on January 3rd, 1521,
from the Catholic Church, precipitated the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin ( Jean Calvin or Jehan Cauvin; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian and
pastor . His theology today is known as Calvinism. He broke from the Roman Catholic Church around
1530.and consequent to a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to Basel,
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