<P> The Commonwealth was unique in Europe in the 16th century for its widespread tolerance confirmed by the Warsaw Confederation . In 1563, the Brest Bible was published (see also Bible translations into Polish). The period of tolerance ended during the reign of King Sigismund III Vasa, who was under the strong influence of Piotr Skarga and other Jesuits . After the Deluge, and other wars of the mid-17th century in which all enemies of Poland were either Protestant or Orthodox Christians, the Poles' attitude changed, and the Counter-Reformation prevailed: in 1658 the Polish Brethren were forced to leave the country, and in 1666, the Sejm banned apostasy from Catholicism to any other religion, under punishment of death . Finally, in 1717, the Silent Sejm banned non-Catholics from becoming deputies of the Parliament . </P> <P> Among most important Protestants of the Commonwealth were Mikołaj Rej, Marcin Czechowic, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski and Symon Budny . </P> <P> Primož Trubar is notable for consolidating the Slovene language and is considered to be the key figure of Slovenian cultural history and in many aspects a major Slovene historical personality . He was the key figure of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, as he was its founder and its first superintendent . The first books in Slovene, Catechismus and Abecedarium, were written by Trubar . </P> <P> Lutheranism reached northern parts of the country . </P>

The protestant reformation led to which of the following important changes in europe