Arnold of Brescia

(c. A.D. 1090–1155) Arnold was an Italian priest who sought to have the Churcha term translated from the Greek word “Ecclesia” which means an assembly called together and is sometime translated as a congregation. A church is... more renounce property ownership and participated in a failed attempt to reestablish a Roman Republic(509 B.C.) The Roman Republic is established after an aristocratic coup against the last Roman king. more and displace the political power of the Pope and the nobles. Protestants consider him as a precursor to the ReformationA revolutionary religious movement during the 16th century Europe that initially sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church but led to the emergence o... more.