Why was there Religious Conflict in 16th Century? Adapted from Mr RJ Huggins www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

What did People believe at the Start of the 16th Century? If you died with a dirty Soul you would go to either Purgatory or straight to hell. You had to go to Church and get the Priest to clean your Soul. If you died with a clean Soul you would go to heaven. I would use the zoom facility of my interactive whiteboard to zoom in on the different sections of this picture. If you haven’t got this facility then you could crop the picture to the scene you prefered

What did People believe at the Start of the 16th Century? If you went on a Crusade or a Pilgrimage you could earn time out of Purgatory You could buy a special letter from the Pope called an Indulgence which was like a get out of jail for free card but for Purgatory. This would be a good point to play the Blackadder video: The Archbishop of Canterbury – The scene to do with the selling of relics

Who was Martin Luther? He could read Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Whilst comparing the Latin Catholic Bible with the original Greek & Hebrew he found that certain parts were incorrectly translated. Luther hung his research on the local Church door in Wittenburg in 1517. He disagreed with the Pope and began the protestant religion.

What did Martin Luther Believe? You Don’t have to go to Church to get your soul cleaned. The Church is wrong to sell indulgencies which buy time out of Purgatory. Read the Bible in your own language and not Latin. Its wrong to make an image of God. The Church is too rich.

A Catholic Church

Catholic Church

Clothes worn by Catholic Priest in 16th Century Notice the image of Christ

A Protestant Church

Clothes Worn by Protestant Vicars (Priests)

Protestant Altars

What other changes took place in Protestant Churches?