1. 1 Religion Divides Europe

2. 2 The Catholic Church Splits ► Three factors:  Rome’s Split  Language Issues  Disagreement about religious ideas ► The two pieces:  West is Catholic Church  East is “Eastern Orthodox”

3. 3 Problems in Germany ► Martin Luther is a German Catholic Monk ► He sees problems with the Catholic Church  Purgatory: A place between Heaven and Hell where some people go before they can go to Heaven  Indulgences: Paying off sins so that you can reduce your or others time in Purgatory  Simony: Buying positions in the Catholic Church

4. 4Protesting ► Martin Luther writes the 95 Thesis  List of all the things wrong with Catholic Church  Nails it to the door of the Wittenberg Church

5. 5 Church Unhappy ► Catholic Church tells him to recant or be excommunicated  Recant: Swear you did not mean what you said  Excommunicated: Officially thrown out of the church. ► Means you will ► go to Hell ► Often you are also ► immediately killed

6. 6 Luther’s Response ► Luther goes into hiding  Translates the Bible into German ► Begins the Lutheran Church  It is essentially Catholicism without the problems Luther saw

7. 7 Henry VIII ► King of England ► Married to Catherine of Aragon ► Wants a son but doesn’t get one ► Asks Pope for a divorce ► Pope says “No!”

8. 8 Henry’s Response ► Henry breaks England away from Catholic Church ► Creates Church of England ► Essentially Catholic Church except  Henry is head of Church  Divorces for King are okay!

9. 9 Protest Religions ► Martin Luther and Henry VIII were “protesting” against the Catholic Church and reforming their beliefs. ► These and other new religions called “Protestant” and this period in history is the “Reformation”  Lutheran  Baptist  Anabaptist  Methodist  Church of England/Episcopal ► Europe is still divided with a Protestant north and a Catholic South

10. 10 So, what happened with Henry VIII ► Divorces Catherine of Aragon ► Marries Ann Boleyn  No kids  Beheaded ► Jane Seymour  Son, Edward VI (a sickly boy)  She dies shortly afterward ► Anne of Cleves  Married 6 months  Divorced ► Catherine Howard  Beheaded ► Catherine Parr  Outlives Henry