1. The Protestant Reformation
I protest

2. Causes of the Reformation
100 Years War and Black Death
Scientific Advances which contradicted the Cathiolic Church
The Corruption within the Catholic Church - selling indulgences – paying $$ for a pardon of sins or reward for good behavior

3. Catholic Church Hierarchy
God
Pope
Cardinals
Archbishops
Bishops
Priests and Monks
Laity – not in the church

4. The Protestant Reformation began b/c… The Church made Protestants say
What was the Protestant Reformation?
Protestant = someone who protested
the Catholic Church
Reformation = when people demand
changes
The Protestant Reformation began b/c…
The Church made Protestants say
I MAD

5. A – Absolute power of & wealth of the Church
I – Indulgences: certificates that take away sin (church is selling forgiveness to make $$)
M – Merchants: merchants want usury (lending $ and charging interest – Catholic Church says usury is wrong)
A – Absolute power of & wealth of the Church
D – Domination of Church by Italians (angered Germans and English)
In the end the reformers, like Luther, established their own religions
The Reformation caused a split in Christianity with the formation of these new Protestant religions

6. What was the Protestant Reformation?
CHRISTIANITY
PROTESTANT
CATHOLIC

7. The Reformers
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Henry VIII

8. F– faith saves people, not good works
Martin Luther
F– faith saves people, not good works
U – Ultimate authority for Christians is the Bible
N – Nobody is more important in God’s eyes, all humans are equal before God (no hierarchy)

9. “The righteous shall by his faith.”
ROMANS 1:17
“The righteous shall by his faith.”
Luther realized that only faith (in the ultimate goodness of Jesus), not good deeds, could save a person. No good works, rituals, etc. would save a person if they did not believe.
Know as:
Salvation by faith alone

10. Luther's 95 Theses
A list of things he thought were wrong with the Catholic Church (95 Complaints)
He criticized:
The Power of the Pope
The Extreme Wealth of the Church
Indulgences

11. Luther – Indulgences & 95 Theses

12. Luther's 95 Theses
Gutenberg’s Printing Press made it possible for Luther to spread his beliefs
Posted his 95 Theses on Church doors in Germany
Gained support from people and criticism from Church

13. Luther's 95 Theses
Luther's 95 Thesis

14. The first thing printed on Gutenberg’s press was the Bible.
This is a picture of a page from one of Gutenberg’s Bibles.

15. Luther on Trial The Diet of Worms
1520 Pope Leo X ordered Luther to give up his beliefs
Luther burned the order and was excommunicated
Luther went into hiding where he translated the New Testament into German – spreading his beliefs even further

16. Pope Leo X (Medici)
He was the Pope during the height of the corruption

17. Luther prepares to burn Pope's orders

18. Acceptance of Reforms
Supported by Northern German Princes who accepted Luther’s ideas ending the authority of the Pope in their states
Lutheranism was formed

19. John Calvin
His ideas hit the Church w/a: POW
Predestination -God chooses who goes to heaven, you don’t get there by good works
Our moral lives will reveal if we’re chosen by God to go to heaven or hell
Work ethic, righteous life that honors God

20. Predestination Calvin believed in: Salvation through Predestination
At birth it is decided if you will go to heaven or hell

21. Purified approach to life:
Calvin believed in:
Purified approach to life:
No drinking, swearing, card playing, gambling etc..

22. CALVINISM Started in Switzerland – they are known as Calvinists
The Origins of Calvinism

23. Which letter of I MAD probably made Henry mad?
King Henry VIII
DAD of the Church of England
Divorce: Henry wants one but Pope says no.
Which letter of I MAD probably made Henry mad?
Anglican Church – Henry is in charge – no Pope
Did away with Catholic Church’s land & wealth in England

24. King Henry VIII Began reign as devout Catholic
He and his wife (Catherine of Aragon) had a daughter Mary, but no male heir
Convinced that Catherine could no longer have children, Henry wanted to divorce Catherine
The Pope could annul (set aside) a marriage, but refused to do so
Called Parliament into session and asked it to pass laws to end Pope’s power in England and legalize Henry’s divorce

25. Catherine of Aragon – Mary I
6 Wives of Henry VIII
Wife/Children
Death
Catherine of Aragon – Mary I
Divorced
Anne Boleyn –
Elizabeth I
Beheaded
Jane Seymour –
Edward
Died
Anne of Cleves –
none
Catherine Howard –
Catherine Parr – none
Survived

26. Henry VIII & his wives…

27. Henry, Henry, Henry

28. Henry’s Three Kids: Mary, Elizabeth and & Edward
Edward ruled for 6 years and then died
Mary took over and was Catholic so turned church back over to the Pope
Mary dies and……..Elizabeth takes over.

29. Mary’s husband, King Philip II of Spain (Catholic), was angry & planned attack on England
Sent 130 ships, 8,000 sailors, & 19,000 soldiers
England defeated the Spanish (under Elizabeth’s rule)
Daughter of Henry VII and Anne Boleyn
Combined Catholic styles w/Protestant teaching to please both religions
Elizabeth I makes Anglican Church the official church of all of Great Britain
Elizabeth I

30. Christianity Protestant Catholic Lutheran Calvinism Puritan
Presbyterian
Puritan
Huguenots