1. What factors helped to expose the corruption in the Catholic Church?

2. The Major Players of the Reformation

3. Martin Luther The Leader of the Protestant Reformation
One can achieve salvation by faith alone.
The Bible is the ultimate authority.
All humans are equal before God.
The Lutheran Church was the first of the Protestant Churches.
Luther wrote the 95 Theses- a list of 95 complaints against the Catholic Church. Posted on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.
A religious and spiritual revolution.

4. John Calvin
God has determined in advance who will be saved and who will be damned (predestination)
Faith is revealed by living a good life.
John Calvin started the Calvinist Church- another major Protestant Branch of Christianity.
Calvin helped to expand the Protestant movement.
A religious and spiritual revolution.

5. King Henry VIII The King of England
With the Act of Supremacy, I declare that the king was taken, accepted, and reputed the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England. The Pope has no authority.
Dismissed the authority of the Pope.
Headed the national church in England- became Known as the Anglican Church (Church of England)- another branch of Christianity.
Redistributed land in England controlled by the Catholic Church and did away with monastaries.
A personal and political revolution

7. By the end of the Reformation period, what new Christian branches were established?
Christianity
Why the split?
Catholic
Orthodox
Why the split?
Protestant
Anglican
Lutheran
Calvinist