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The Reformation of Christianity
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Reformers Call for Change By the early 1500s, Renaissance ideas had caused many Europeans to view their lives with a more _______________. One area that some people thought needed improvement was _______________. CRITICAL EYE RELIGION
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Reformers Call for Change What was the Reformation? A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church.
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Reformers Call for Change What complaints did people have with church officials, such as priests, bishops, and even the pope? They weren’t religious anymore The pope was too involved with politics, neglecting his religious duties
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Reformers Call for Change How did the Roman Catholic Church become one of the richest institutions in Europe? Because it didn’t have to pay taxes (tax exempt)
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Reformers Call for Change What were indulgences, and why did some people criticize selling of indulgences? An indulgence was a document given by the pope that excuses a person from penalties for the sins that he or she had committed It would reduce the time a person would spend in purgatory Many Christians believed that by selling indulgences, the church was letting people buy their way into Heaven
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Reformers Call for Change What is purgatory? In Catholic teachings, purgatory was a place where souls went to make up for their sins before they went to Heaven
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Reformers Call for Change What happened on October 31, 1517? A priest named Martin Luther added his voice to the call for reform. He nailed a list of complaints to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany
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Reformers Call for Change What were the Ninety-Five Theses? The list that Luther nailed to the door…there were 95 things that he thought the church should change
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Reformers Call for Change What was Pope Leo X’s response to Martin Luther’s complaints? He called Luther a heretic and excommunicated him
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Reformers Call for Change What did Luther’s ideas eventually lead to? A split in the church
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Reformers Call for Change Who were the Protestants? Who were the Lutherans? The Protestants were those who protested against the Roman Catholic Church Lutherans were those who followed Luther’s teachings specifically
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Reformers Call for Change What is the priesthood of all believers, and how did Luther disagree with this? The priesthood of believers believed that they didn’t need a priest to talk directly to God for them…they could pray for themselves
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Reformers Call for Change What did Luther say people should follow – instead of priests and the pope? The Bible
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Reformers Call for Change What did Luther do to help people understand how God wanted them to live? He translated the New Testament into German He also wrote pamphlets, essays, and songs about his ideas
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Reformers Call for Change How did the Lutheran Church become the dominant church in northern Germany? Many German nobles (wealthy class) liked Luther’s ideas and supported his positions. They allowed many people to live on their lands who became Lutheran
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Reformers Call for Change Who was William Tyndale, what did he believe, and what happened to him when he translated the Bible into English? He was an English reformer and professor, who thought that everyone should be able to read and interpret the Bible – which went against the Catholic church He was executed
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Reformers Call for Change What did John Calvin believe about people’s salvation? Calvin believed that people were predestined – the idea that God knew who would be saved even before they were born
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Reformers Call for Change What did Calvinist leaders do in Geneva in 1541? What were Calvin’s hopes for Geneva? Calvinist leaders in Geneva made Calvin their religious and political leader Calvin hoped to make Geneva an example of a good Christian city
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Reformers Call for Change What did King Henry VIII ask the pope to do? When the pope refused, what was his response? King Henry asked the pope to officially end his marriage – which was not allowed in Catholicism When the pope refused, Henry declared himself the head of a new church, the Church of England, or Anglican Church
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Reformers Call for Change Why was the creation of the Church of England a significant event? It opened the door for other Protestant beliefs to take hold in England
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The Catholic Reformation What was the Catholic Reformation? The Catholic Reformation was an effort to stop the spread of Protestantism and to reform the Catholic Church from within
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The Catholic Reformation What did Spain do in response to the Reformation? They punished all Muslim, Jewish, and Protestant believers to the point that the Catholic Church had no opposition
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The Catholic Reformation What did Saint Ignatius of Loyola found? The Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits
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The Catholic Reformation Who were the Jesuits and what was their goal? The Jesuits were a religious order created to serve the pope and the church They were trained to be disciplined as solders in their religious duties They hoped to turn people against Protestantism
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The Catholic Reformation Why was the Council of Trent important, and what were the results? Catholic clergy met (in Trent, Italy) to debate and reform Catholic teachings. Decisions made at the council led to major reforms in the church The council officially rejected the ideas of the Protestant leaders A list of “dangerous” books was created – if you were caught reading those books you would be excommunicated from the church
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The Catholic Reformation How did Catholic teachings spread around the world? Catholic missionaries, many of them Jesuits, traveled around the world to spread Catholicism – baptizing millions
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The Catholic Reformation What did Saint Francis Xavier accomplish in his missionary work? He brought Catholicism into parts of India and Japan in the mid-1500s
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