original: 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 .
simplifications: for example , many of the germanic states -lrb- as well as english reformation -rrb- converted to protestantism as a means to break away from the authority of pope . for instance , many germanic states changed to protestantism in attempt to get out of e pope control . for example , many of the germanic states -lrb- as well as english reformation -rrb- became protestant to try to get away from the control of the pope . for instance , many of the germanic states -lrb- as well as english reformation -rrb- changed over to protestantism in an attempt to slip out of the hold of the pope . for instance , many of the germanic states converted to protestantism in an attempt to slip out of the grasp of the pope . for example , many of the germanic states as well as english reformation , changed to protestantism in an attempt to slip out of the grasp of the pope . 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 . 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 .