Bellringer Download today’s notes: Reformation & Reformers Pull up vocabulary for HW check! Answer the following question: – Based on your research from yesterday about the causes of the Reformation, how do you think it relates to the Renaissance?

The Protestant Reformation The Big Idea Efforts to reform the Roman Catholic Church led to changes in society and the creation of new churches. Main Ideas Reformers called for change in the Catholic Church, but some broke away to form new churches. The Catholic Reformation was an attempt to reform the church from within. The political impact of the Reformation included religious wars and social change.

Main Idea 1: Reformers called for change in the Catholic Church, but some broke away to form new churches. By the late Renaissance, people had begun to complain about problems in the Catholic Church. They called on its leaders to end corruption and focus on religion. Their calls led to a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church called the Reformation.

Unpopular Church Practices People felt that the clergy and the pope had become too political. The way the church raised money was also considered unfair. The sale of indulgences was unpopular. –An indulgence was a document given by the pope that excused a person from penalties for sins he or she had committed. Reduced time in purgatory. –The idea that the church was letting people buy their way into heaven made Christians angry. These unpopular practices weakened the church, and people began calling for reform.

Martin Luther Martin Luther nailed a list of complaints to the door of a church in Wittenberg. This list was called the Ninety-five Theses. –The printing press allowed this list to be spread to neighboring states. Luther thought that anyone could have a direct relationship with God. He did not believe that priests had to speak to God for the people. Beliefs should be based on the Bible, not interpreted by priests or the pope. Luther translated the Bible into German so that Europeans could read it for the first time. Those who protested the Catholic Church became known as Protestants – Luther’s followers became Lutherans.

List some causes of the Protestant Reformation