Chapter 12.3: The Protestant Reformation Global Studies I

Chapter 12.3:The Protestant Reformation

Global Studies I

Key Terms

• Christian humanism stressed a belief in the ability of human beings to reason and improve themselves

• salvation acceptance into heaven

• Indulgence a release from all or part of the punishment for sin

Erasmus and Christian Humanism

• Protestant Reformation – name used for the reform movement that divided the western Church into Catholic and Protestant groups.

• What did Christian humanists believe was the best way to reform the church and society?– individuals needed to be changed first– reading classics and Christian works would

cause people to become more pious (moral)

Erasmus and Christian Humanism

• How did Erasmus pave the way for the Reformation?– criticized the abuses in

the Catholic Church along with other aspects of his society and called for reform

Religion on the Eve of Reformation

• Why did Erasmus and others think that the Catholic Church needed to be reformed?– Popes were more concerned with politics than

spiritual concerns– Many church officials used their offices to gain

wealth– Parish priests were often ignorant of their

spiritual duties– Church was selling indulgences

Religion on the Eve of Reformation

• What was the Modern Devotion?– mystical movement that rejected dogma and

instead stressed the need to follow the teachings of Jesus

Martin Luther

• German monk and professor

• What were the Ninety-five Theses?– attack on the selling of

indulgences– nailed to the door of

the Catholic Church in Wittenberg in 1517

Martin Luther

• What were the consequences of Luther’s Ninety-five Theses?– Catholic Church excommunicated Luther in

1521– Edict of Worms made Luther an outlaw in the

Holy Roman Empire– Gave rise to separate religious reform

movements– Breakdown of religious unity in Europe

Rise of Lutheranism

Salvation Sacraments Clergy and Marriage

Church Services

Lutheranism through faith in God alone

Baptism and Eucharist

clergy could marry

consisted of Bible readings, preaching, and songs

Catholicism by faith and good works

seven sacraments

clergy could not marry and had to be celibate

Catholic mass

Politics in the German Reformation

• Charles V– Holy Roman Emperor– King of Spain– Wanted to preserve his

empire by keeping it Catholic– Problems

• Series of wars with France• Disliked Pope Clement VII,

who sided with France• Invasion of eastern empire by

Ottoman Turks

Politics in the German Reformation

• German princes supported Luther• Charles V was forced to seek peace• How did the Peace of Augsburg influence

the political and religious development of Germany?– Formally accepted the division of Christianity

in Germany– German states could choose between

Catholicism and Lutheranism