US History Chap 3
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Chapter 3 Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700 ? The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism German friar Martin Luther denounced the authority of the priests and popes when he nailed his protests against Catholic doctrines to the door of Wittenberg's cathedral in 1517.? He declared that the Bible alone was the source of God's words.? He started the "Protestant Reformation." John Calvin of Geneva elaborated Martin Luther's ideas.? He spelled out his basic doctrine in Latin in 1536, entitled Institutes of the Christian Religion.? These ideas formed Calvinism.?