Editing Persecution of Christians (section)

=== Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation ===
[[File:Persecution of Christians with scenes of martyrdom behind. E Wellcome V0033268.jpg|thumb|''Persecution of the Servants of Christ'' by [[Maerten de Vos]] and [[engraved]] by [[Hieronymus Wierix]] ([[Wellcome Library]]). An illustration of the prophecy of persecution made during the [[Sermon on the Mount]] according to the ''[[Gospel of Luke]]''.{{Break}}"But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake."<ref>{{Bibleverse|Luke|21:12|KJV}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|({{Langx|grc-x-koine|πρὸ δὲ τούτων πάντων ἐπιβαλοῦσιν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν καὶ διώξουσιν, παραδιδόντες εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ φυλακάς, ἀπαγομένους ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἡγεμόνας ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός μου·}})}}]]
{{Main|European wars of religion|Reformation|Counter-Reformation}}

The [[Protestant]] Reformation and the [[Roman Catholic]] Counter-Reformation provoked a number of persecutions of Christians by other Christians and the [[European wars of religion]], including the [[Eighty Years' War]], the [[French Wars of Religion]], the [[Thirty Years' War]], the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]], the [[Savoyard–Waldensian wars]], and the [[Toggenburg War]]. There were false allegations of [[witchcraft]] and numerous [[witch trials in the early modern period]].