Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): for instance , many of the germanic states -lrb- as well as english reformation -rrb- converted to protestantism in an attempt to slip out of the grasp of the pope.
Output (English): for instance , as was the case with the english reformation , many of the germanic states changed their official religion to that of protestantism in an attempt to slip out of the grasp of the pope.