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| William Farel | alarmed Calvin into working with him to make Geneva a model Christian community |
| Philip Melanchthon | Luther's close friend during time of persecution and co-author of Augsburg Confession |
| Ulrich Zwingli | leader of the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland |
| Martin Luther | monk who preached against the sale of Indulgences, stating that salvation is by faith alone |
| Henry VII | English king who had Parliament declare him head of the Church of England rather than the Pope |
| John Knox | Scotland's greatest reformer |
| John Calvin | wrote Institutes to persuade French king not to persecute Huguenots |
| Thomas Cranmer | Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII who helped develop the Book of Common Prayer and was burned for becoming a Protestant |
| Charles V | Holy Roman Emperor who tried to force Catholicism on the Netherlands and Germany, and before whom Luther was tried |
| William Tyndale | translated the New Testament into English from Greek |
| Cardinal Richelieu | French statesman who allowed Huguenots freedom of worship and civil rights while removing their political influence. Also involved France on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War in Germany |
| William of Orange | invaded England with an army and took the throne |
| Philip II | son of Emperor Charles V and king of Spain who wanted to help the pope stamp out Protestantism in all of Europe. Sent the Armada against England |
| Matthew Henry | Puritan who wrote a commentary on the whole Bible which is considered one of the best ever written |
| James I | king who called for a new translation of the Bible known as the Authorized (King James) Version |
| Oliver Cromwell | named Protector of the Commonwealth after the Civil War in England |
| John Owen | great Puritan theologian who wrote on most Christian themes. His work is still in print today |
| Mary Tudor | Catholic queen of England; martyred so many Protestants that she became known as 'Bloody Mary' |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Queen with whom Knox contended |
| Elizabeth I | Returned England to Protestantism when she became queen after her Catholic sister; outlawed all worship but Anglicanism; disputed with Puritans, and was excommunicated by the Pope |
