Christian Church Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Protestant Reformation=== The changes brought on by the Renaissance eventually led to the [[Protestant Reformation]] during which the Protestant Lutheran and the Reformed followers of Calvin, Hus, Zwingli, Melancthon, Knox, and others split from the Catholic Church. At this time, a series of non-theological disputes also led to the [[English Reformation]] which led to the independence of the [[Church of England]]. Then, during the [[Age of Discovery|Age of Exploration]] and the [[Age of Imperialism]], Western Europe spread the Catholic Church and the Protestant churches around the world, especially in the [[Americas]].<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-67632/Christianity ''Christianity and world religions'', Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-208310 ''South America:Religion'', Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref> These developments in turn have led to Christianity being the largest religion in the world today.<ref>''Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents'', Adherents.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20000816004118/http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page