1. Early Reformers

2. The Protestant Reformation

3. Background of Reformation

4. Background of Reformation
Papal corruption & abuses
Renaissance popes
Buying posts, absentee priests, plural posts
Illegitimate children were appointed priests, bishops, abbots & abbesses
Parishioners lost faith in sacraments administered by immoral clergy

5. Early Reformers John Wycliffe (1330-84)
Wycliffe desired to place Bible in hands of people in their own language, so he & followers translated Bible from Latin into English ( )
John Huss ( )

6. John Huss’ Teachings
True church is composed of those chosen or predestined by God-influenced by Wycliffe
Bible is final authority for matters of doctrine
If pope or bishop does not obey Bible, he is not to be obeyed
Christ, not church, is only mediator between God & humanity
Only God can grant forgiveness, so for church to sell forgiveness through indulgences is to usurp God’s authority

7. Martin Luther How was Luther influenced by these early reformers?
Bible is supreme
Church cannot grant salvation only god can

8. THE REFORMATION
Began in 1517 with the criticisms of Martin Luther of certain practices within the Roman Catholic Church
Is this an accurate date of the start of the Reformation?
Various groups of former Catholics would break away from the Church and form their own denominations
Known collectively as Protestants

9. Indulgences A pardon for sins, given by the Catholic Church
Indulgences were sold
Who would benefit most from the selling of indulgences?
The Church