The Protestant and Catholic Counter Reformation

Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg 1436 First mass produced book was the Bible People started to become literate Began questioning the church

The Church Catholic Church controlled all “The Church” o Only church or religion allowed for Christianity Pope controlled all Government had to follow church order

Martin Luther Monk “95 Theses” o Problems he had with the church posted on door of the Church o Wanted them to fix them o Church ignored him Questioned indulgences o Paying for the reprieve of sins

Diet of Worms Council met with Luther He would not recant his statements Charged with heresy Excommunicated Luther lived in exile o Continued to translate Bible to German o Peasants revolted with new knowledge Lutheranism became the religion of Germany

English Reformation King Henry VIII wanted a male heir Church would not let him divorce wife who could not produce children Henry got mad and abolished Catholic Church in England Put himself in charge of English church

Catholic Counter- Reformation Catholic Church finally responded to criticism Council of Trent met to address concerns of church Inquisitions were started in Catholic nations to expel Protestant reformers Treaty of Augsburg o Ended Reformation o Allowed Catholic church and other religions to practice simultaneously