Question: In New Zealand, 12.6% of Christians belong to a church that is also active in Lesotho. What movement was led by a man who challenged this church?

Luther began by criticising the sale of indulgences, insisting that the Pope had no authority over purgatory and that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no foundation in the Bible. The Protestant Reformation, however, would come to incorporate doctrinal changes such as a complete reliance on Scripture as a source of proper belief (sola scriptura) and the belief that faith in Jesus, and not good works, is the only way to obtain God's pardon for sin (sola fide). The core motivation behind these changes was theological, though many other factors played a part, including the rise of nationalism, the Western Schism that eroded loyalty to the Papacy, the perceived corruption of the Roman Curia, the impact of humanism, and the new learning of the Renaissance that questioned much traditional thought. Although there had been significant earlier attempts to reform the Catholic Church before Luther -- such as those of Jan Hus, Peter Waldo, and John Wycliffe -- Martin Luther is widely acknowledged to have started the Reformation with the Ninety - five Theses. <SEP> The Catholic Church has fused some aspects of local culture into its services. Many Christians still practice their traditional cultural beliefs and rituals along with Christianity. For example, the singing of hymns during services has developed into a local and traditional way of singing (a repetitive call and response style) in Sesotho, the indigenous language, as well as English. In addition priests are seen dressed in local dress during services. <SEP> during the protestant reformation, the church of england (anglicans) separated from the roman catholic church. there were some christians who were not content with the achievements of the mainstream protestant reformation. there also were christians who were disappointed that the church of england had not made corrections of what some considered to be errors and abuses. of those most critical of the church's direction, some chose to stay and try to make constructive changes from within the anglican church. they became known as "puritans" and are described by gourley as cousins of the english separatists. others decided they must leave the church because of their dissatisfaction and became known as the separatists. <SEP> Christianity is the predominant religion in New Zealand, although its society is among the most secular in the world. In the 2013 census, 55.0% of the population identified with one or more religions, including 49.0% identifying as Christians. Another 41.9% indicated that they had no religion. people identifying as Christian but not stating the denomination, 5.5%). The Māori-based Ringatū and Rātana religions (1.4%) are also Christian in origin. The main Christian denominations are, by number of adherents, Roman Catholicism (12.6%), Anglicanism (11.8%), Presbyterianism (8.5%) and "Christian not further defined" (i.e. Immigration and demographic change in recent decades has contributed to the growth of minority religions, such as Hinduism (2.1%), Buddhism (1.5%), Islam (1.2%) and Sikhism (0.5%). The Auckland Region exhibited the greatest religious diversity. <SEP> Peter Agricola (June 29, 1525 – July 5 or 7, 1585) was a German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar and theologian, diplomat and statesman, disciple of Martin Luther, friend and collaborator of Philipp Melanchthon. <SEP> christianity is the predominant religion of switzerland (about 71% of resident population and 75% of swiss citizens), divided between the catholic church (38.21% of the population), the swiss reformed church (26.93%), further protestant churches (2.89%) and other christian denominations (2.79%). there has been a recent rise in evangelicalism. immigration has brought islam (4.95%) and eastern orthodoxy (around 2%) as sizeable minority religions. according to a 2015 poll by gallup international, 12% of swiss people self-identified as "convinced atheists."