The beginnings of the Reformation in Gdańsk Pomerania are associated with the year 1518, when the disciples of Martin Luther began to preach in Gdańsk. During the first thirty years of the spread of Protestantism in this area, there was a fight for the souls of the faithful between the followers of Luther and the representatives of the Catholic Church, such as John Dantiscus or Stanislaus Hosius. In addition, the Polish monarch Sigismund I the Old got involved in the dispute and, wanting to stop the Reformation, decided to issue a mass of edicts criticizing Lutheranism. Despite the development of the religious trend, after 1535 other Protestant branches such as Calvinism and Arianism would appear in Gdańsk and Toruń. The constant fight for dogmas would contribute to the creation of multicultural Pomerania.
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