Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c24.3

v2.c24.3

However, the Reformation was not a monolithic movement. It fractured into various denominations, each with its own distinct theological emphases and political alliances. The Lutheran movement in Germany, the Reformed tradition initiated by Huldrych Zwingli and later systematized by John Calvin in Geneva, and the Anglican Reformation in England all represented different responses to the same underlying pressures. These divisions were not merely theological; they were deeply intertwined with the political ambitions of princes and monarchs who saw in the Reformation an opportunity to assert their independence from Rome and consolidate their own power.