Reformation (disambiguation)
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Reformation usually means "returning to a clean start," removing accumulated corruption and impurity. It is often used in reference to institutions, sets of practices, and people; those in favor of reformation usually believe that they are correcting errors and returning to a rightful course, such as with reformed criminals.
Famous reformations include:
- The Protestant Reformation, an attempt by Martin Luther to reform the Church that resulted in a schism, and grew into a wider movement.
- The Radical Reformation, an Anabaptist movement concurrent with the Protestant Reformation.
- The Counter-Reformation, a Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation.
- Reformation (Indonesia), the (current) era in Indonesia after the fall of President Suharto, characterizied by increased freedom and political participation.
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