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Answer: What was the Reformation?
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The Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation
The Split in the Christian Church Between Catholics and Protestants
Begins in 1517Ends Religious Unity in Western
Europe
Answer:
What was the Reformation?
Background Information:By the 1500’s the Catholic Church was the
most wealthy and powerful institution in Europe.
Most church leaders were living more like kings than priests, and became increasingly involved in political matters.
Abuses in the Church:To raise money to support
their lifestyle the Church charged fees for services: marriages, funerals, and
baptisms
Indulgences:
People bought forgiveness from past and future sin.
Monies people paid to priests to lesson their soul’s time in
purgatory, so they could enter heaven sooner
John Tetzel He offered indulgences to
anyone who contributed money for rebuilding the Cathedral of St.
Peter in Rome. He offered indulgence not only to living
people but for their dead relatives as well
Luther Protests: Martin Luther was a German monk
bothered by the church’s corruption(1517) Luther writes the 95 Theses
listing the arguments against the sale of indulgences. He posted them on the door of the church in Wittenberg
Act Starts ReformationPrinting Press Spreads Ideas
95 Theses
This Act Starts the Protestant Reformation
Luther Feels
People are saved through faith and prayer
Against Indulgences
Martin Luther(1521) Excommunicated by Pope(1521) Summoned to Diet at Worms by
(Charles V), refused again to recant(1521) Declared Luther an outlaw (illegal
for anyone to house or feed him) Hid with a prince in Warburg
His ideas continued to spread throughout Europe with help of the printing press
Luther’s Teachings:
salvation achieved through faith alone
Bible is the source of religious truthdenied authority of the church councils and popes
Answer:
How did the Church try to raise additional money?
What were the beliefs of Martin Luther?
The Printing Press
The Printing Press Helps to Spread the Ideas of Martin Luther
Luther’s TeachingsLutheran Ideas Spread
Lutheran followers used the name “Protestant”
John CalvinProtestant Leader As Well
Calvin’s Teachings:Salvation reached through faith
aloneBible only source of truth
Calvin’s Teachings:Predestination: God long ago decided
who was going to gain salvation
Calvin’s GenevaAsked Calvin to lead their
communitySet up theocracy (govt. run
by church leaders)
Effects of the Reformation
Protestantism SpreadsWeakens the Power of the
Catholic Church in Europe.Ends Religious Unity in Western
Europe.
Ticket Out the Door
Who set up a Protestant Theocracy in Geneva?
What is Predestination?How did the Reformation affect
the power of the Catholic Church?What act started the
Reformation?