1. Causes of the Reformation

2. Black Death People Died! People prayed: Nothing happened
People lost faith in the Church

3. Renaissance Education People developed a Questioning Attitude
Individualism – People wanted a personal relationship with God
The Printing Press allowed ideas to spread quickly

4. Clergy Too worldly – they had nicer clothes than everyone else
Many were illiterate!

5. Nepotism and Simony Nepotism – give jobs to your family
Simony – sell people jobs
What about the most qualified people?!?!?!?!?!?

6. Economic Tithe – 10% of income given to Church
Would you give 10% of your $$ to someone?

7. Indulgences
Indulges were certificates that cancelled or reduced punishment for sins with repentance
Pope Leo X began to sell Indulgences to raise money for St. Peters Bascillia

8. Indulgences were sold for:
Cancel Sins without Repentance
Guarantee you a spot in Heaven
Future sins
Sins of Dead Loved ones (Purgatory)

9. Wrote 95 thesis condemning the sale of Indulgences
Date: 9/13
Topic: Martin Luther
Wrote 95 thesis condemning the sale of Indulgences
Translated the New Testament into German = more affordable
Formed Lutheranism- Salvation by faith alone + Justification by faith
Martin Luther Profile //Peasants Revolt
Assignment: Finish Worksheet

10. Martin Luther

11. Justification by Faith
Martin Luther believed in Justification by Faith. A person could be made good by faith in God’s Mercy and love.

12. 95 Thesis
Martin Luther wrote them against the sale of Indulgences and other Church practices
Nailed to door of Wittenberg Church
Printing Press – Mass Produced
Sale of Indulgences declined

13. Martin Luther on the Run
He is excommunicated – forced into hiding
Translates the New Testament into German – the common person
Formed Lutheranism

14. Lutheranism
Salvation by Faith Alone – no amount of Good works / Only Trust in God’s Love
Religious truth and authority lies in the Bible
Not a Hierarchy of clergy, but a community of believers
All occupations – not just clergy were important

15. Also believed in Salvation by faith alone
Date:9/14
Topic: John Calvin
Also believed in Salvation by faith alone
Believed in Predestination: God picks people at birth
Set up a theocracy in Geneva Switzerland
Read together John Calvin // Quiz 16-3
Assignment: Finish Reformation Study Guide

16. John Calvin

17. Also like Martin Luther…
He criticized Church Practices
He Attacked abuses by Clergy
He Believed in Salvation by Faith Alone

18. He also believed that Hard work, Ambition, and Thriftiness were good Christian Values.=
Prosperity was a sign of Salvation

19. Predestination God knows all
God knows or picks certain people for salvation even before birth
Nothing a man could do to alter his destiny

20. Theocracy A church run society Geneva Switzerland
Rebellion against Renaissance
Individualism
Self Importance
Worldly Pleasures
ONLY THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT!!

21. Henry VIII

22. Henry was a Catholic Criticized Martin Luther
Married to Catherine of Aragon
They had 6 Children
Only 1 Survived – Mary
He wanted to Marry Anne Boelyn
He needs an annulment – catholic divorce – but the Pope refuses

23. Henry broke away from Church
Parliament gives Henry power because they want land and $
Henry’s agents – Visitors – close monasteries, sold property, confiscated and destroyed treasures

24. Act of Supremacy
Parliament passed a law – the Act of Supremacy – that created the Church of England with Henry as the head
Church of England granted Henry a divorce.

25. Anne Boelyn Henry marries Anne Boelyn She gives birth to a daughter
Elizabeth
Anne Boelyn is killed so Henry can have another wife – to give him a SON

26. Jane Seymour Henry marries Jane Seymour She has one son – Edward
He is sickly – She dies shortly after childbirth
Henry marries 3 more times

27. Henry’s Children
Edward takes the throne at age 9 – he dies by age 15. He is protestant
Mary takes the throne because she is the oldest girl.
Bloody Mary – Catholic – She killed all the protestants

28. Bloody Mary

29. Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth becomes queen 5 years later
She re-establishes the Church of England and calls the religion Anglicanism
It is a Protestant Church with Catholic Features
She never marries or has children

30. Queen Elizabeth I

31. The Counter Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
This is an Effort by the Catholic Church to stop Protestantism and strengthen Catholicism

32. Council of Trent
Meeting of Church leaders to redefine Church beliefs
Indulgences are banned
Faith and Good Works needed for Salvation
Only Church can explain the Bible
Pope is the final Authority

33. Index – A list of books Catholics should not read: Protestant Bible
Inquisition – courts set up to find and punish people who did not agree with the Catholic Church - Heretics

34. Jesuits – Society of Jesus
Set up by Ignatius Loyola
Spread Catholicism
Persuade Protestants to Return and Convert new Catholics
Teachers and Missionaries
Stressed Absolute discipline and obedience