Journal 23 the reformation After the death of Christ there was one church. In the 11th century (1000AD) the church split into the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church. Today there are about 41,000 Christian denominations (different Christian churches). In your journals with the person next to you, create a list of all the different Christian churches you can think of. ANSWER: Why do you think there are so many Christian churches today?

The Reformation Europe, 1517 Martin Luther

purgatory: A place between Heaven and Hell where the righteous will pay for their sins before they can be let into the Gates of Heaven.

Indulgence: A way to pay for a remission of your sins. The Pope or "remissioners" would writ your way of passage. Allowed men to skip purgatory. Could pay for those who had already passed on.

Why Indulgences? The Pope wanted to build St. Peter's Church. Needed the funding to do so.

95 Thesis 51. Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers (traveling sellers of goods through shouting) of indulgences cajole (to flatter someone into doing something) money

75. To consider papal indulgences so great that they could absolve (free) a man even if he had done the impossible and had violated the mother of God is madness. 79. To say that the cross emblazoned with the papal coat of arms, and set up by the indulgence preachers is equal in worth to the cross of Christ is blasphemy (speak against God).

82. Such as: ``Why does not the pope empty purgatory for the sake of holy love and the dire need of the souls that are there if he redeems an infinite number of souls for the sake of miserable money with which to build a church?'' The former reason would be most just; the latter is most trivial.

Luther's Beliefs Wanted to reform the church, to cleanse it Believed Faith, not Works saves the soul--God's grace is greater than anything man can do Men should be able to interpret the word of God for themselves (mass produces the Bible translated in German)

Diet of Worms Asked to recant (deny or take back) his words and writings against the Pope Luther refuses and is excommunicated On his way to prison the Prince of Wittenburg intercepts and hides Luther away

The Aftermath Peasants War: in the name of Luther peasants will rise up against the nobles and merchants with money. Lasts for about 2 years. Luther is appalled by their actions Devotes the rest of his life to translating the Bible The Lutheran church will begin and spread throughout Germany and Scandinavia