The intent of this article is to evaluate the distinctiveness and quality of the expressions of the Protestant Reformation. This article will discuss the Lutheran Reformation, the English Anabaptists and Puritans, as well as the Catholic Reformation also known as the Counter-Reformation. The hope is that after the reader has had the opportunity to see each of the characteristics and expressions of each reform, he or she will have a better understanding of each and be able to articulate the differences of each. The Protestant Reformation called the Protestant Revolt and known by too many as the Reformation. This movement was the European Christian reform movement, this was the beginning of Protestantism, the branch of contemporary Christianity. Martin Luther and John Calvin and many other Protestants led this movement. These reformers protested and opposed the ritual doctrines and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, this led to the new national Protestant churches. The Catholic Church responded to this objection with a Counter-Reformation led by the Jesuit order, which is part of the Roman Catholic Church, of which a man who took the necessary steps to belong to the Society of Jesus, took vows of poverty and obedience (McGrath 2007). The Protestant Reformation began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, carried out by Western European Catholics who opposed what was perceived as false doctrine and ecclesiastical negligence. Reformers saw evidence of the systemic corruption of the Roman Church hierarchy, which included the Pope (Noll 2000). Martin Luther along with John Wycliffe and Jan Hus attempted to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The Protestants... in the center of the paper... The Anabaptists urged the separation between church and society and rejected the Christian system, in which church and state were intertwined. The English Puritans gave us a legacy of pastoral theology from the English-speaking Church. The Puritans modeled a model of ministry that was both distinctly biblical and devotional. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation http://www.homiliesbyemail.com/Special/Reformation/timeline.html Knight, K. (2009 ) New Catholic Advent Encyclopedia. www.newadvent.org/cathen/07783a.htmShelley BL (2008). Third edition History of the Church in plain language. Nashville TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc. Freedman DN (2000). Eerdman's Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. McGrath AE (2007). Christian Theology An Introduction Fourth Edition. Malden, MA. Blackwell Publishing.