1. The Protestant Reformation
Chapter One Section 3

2. Protestant Reformation
During the renaissance, calls for reform in the Catholic Church – Protests which resulted in full scale revolt and new Christian Sects

3. Key terms: Catholic Church
The original Christian Church

4. Key Person: The Pope
The head of the Catholic Church

5. Key term: Recant
To give up one’s views

6. Worksheet 1.3: Indulgence
A lessening of the time a soul would have to spend in purgatory, a place where souls too impure to enter heaven went.

7. Martin Luther Leader of the protestant reformation
Posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg church in 1517

8. 95 Theses
95 Arguments, written by Martin Luther in 1517, against indulgences / Catholic practices

9. Wittenberg
Town where the church was on which Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses or arguments against indulgences / various Catholic practices

10. John Calvin
Another leader of the protestant reformation

11. Predestination
The belief that god long ago determined who would gain salvation

12. Theocracy Government run by church leaders.
In 1541, protestants in Geneva, Switzerland asked John Calvin to lead their community.

13. Hmmm….
Why did the sale of indulgences become a critical issue during the Renaissance but not during the Middle Ages?

14. Hmmm…. Comparing Points of View:
How did Martin Luther’s ideas differ from those expressed by the Catholic Church?