 Obtain a white sheet of paper from the front of the class and complete a foldable on the following words.  When done complete the previous day’s foldable ◦ Council of Trent ◦ Jesuits ◦ Henry VIII ◦ Elizabeth I ◦ Gutenberg

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 SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.  d. Analyze the impact of the Protestant Reformation; include the ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin.

 People begin to change intellectual thought  1450’s: Italian Renaissance spreads to Northern Europe  Movement becomes known as Northern Renaissance OR Christian humanism  Major goal of movement was to reform Catholic Church

3 Beliefs of Christian Humanism 1. Ability of human beings to reason & improve themselves 2. People will become more religious if they read the classics & the works of Christianity ◦ Inward religious feeling would bring about Church reform 3. In order to change society, people must change

 Best known Christian humanist  Calls his view of religion “the philosophy of Christ”  Believes Christianity should show people how to live good lives on a daily basis rather than provide a system of beliefs people have to practice to be saved

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 Spreads his philosophy of Christ  Provides education in the works of Christianity  Criticizes Church’s abuses ◦ Ex: corruption ◦ Indulgencies  Wants to reform the Church from within ◦ He did not want to break away from the Church Erasmus’ Church Reforms

 Catholic Church full of corruption ◦ People want reform  : popes fail to meet spiritual needs of the Church ◦ Called Renaissance popes  Popes more concerned with Italian politics & worldly interests Before the Reformation

 Church officials concerned with money ◦ Use church offices to advance careers & wealth  Priests and Catholic Church begin to sell indulgences  Indulgences: release from all or part of the punishment for sin Examples of Church Corruption

 Monk and professor at German University  Lectures on the Bible  Troubled with way church is promoting salvation  Catholic teaching stressed both faith & good works were necessary to obtain salvation  video video

 People not saved through good works but through their faith in God ◦ Humans were powerless in the eyes of God & that they could never do enough good works to earn salvation  If a person has faith in God, then God makes that person worthy of salvation ◦ God will grant salvation because he is merciful  Salvation will not come by just doing good works

 Idea known as “justification by faith alone” ◦ Becomes chief teaching of Protestant Reformation  Luther arrives at his conclusions by studying the Bible  Bible becomes the only source of religious truth for many of Luther’s followers

 Luther upset with selling of indulgences  Especially upset with the monk Johann Tetzel ◦ Needs money to rebuild St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome  Tetzel exclaimed, “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs”  Luther believes people harming their chances at salvation by selling indulgences

 October 31, 1517  Luther sends 95 Theses to Catholic Church superiors  Criticizes Church’s abuse of selling indulgences ◦ It was said Luther had nailed the theses to the church door in Wittenberg  Later said to be legend  Pope Leo X says Luther is drunk & he would amend his ways when he sobered up  Thousands of copies were printed & distributed all over Germany

 1520: Luther starts to break from the Church Luther’s 4 calls for change: 1. German princes overthrow papacy 2. Attack Church’s system of sacraments 3.Only keep sacraments of baptism & communion 4. Clergy can marry Break with the Church

 Catholic Church excommunicates Luther at Edict of Worms Edict of Worms:  Luther excommunicated  Luther’s works burned  Luther captured but escaped ◦ Returns to Wittenberg at beginning of 1522 ◦ (video)video Break with the Church continued

 Educated in France  Converts to Protestantism  Forced to flee to Switzerland  1536: writes Institutes of the Christian Religion a summary of Protestant thought

 Faith is only way to salvation (same as Luther)  Places emphasis on powerful nature of God ◦ Calls it the “power, grace, and glory of God”  Predestination: God determines in advance who will be saved & who will be damned

 What are indulgences?  Who wrote 95 Theses and was excommunicated at the Edict of Worms?  Who wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion and believed in Predestination?

 After going over Martin Luther’s 95 theses and the church’s selling of Indulgences rethink Mrs. McNeal’s policy.  Should this be allowed? ◦ Why or why not?  Write a short explanation on your choice.

 Read and study Luther’s 95 Theses  Create of your own theses that you have dealing with RHHS. ◦ These should be school appropriate and written in Old English Make sure that you dye the paper. This is due on Monday the 22 nd Dying the paper will take a few days so start TODAY