The
two men who broke with the Catholic Church were John Calvin and Martin
Luther.
Until the early years of 1500βs, all the religious matters of the Christian
Western Europe were decided by the Roman Catholic Church. However, a few
Christians started to protest against the Roman Catholic Churchβs practices.
They broke off from the church for reformation and formed a branch of
Christianity, which is now known as the Protestant community.
The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement started by Martin
Luther in 1517 and was continued by John Calvin and others in the 16th
century in Europe.