1. Another attempt at Humor…

2. The Protestant Reformation
Introduction
By about 1500 Europeans began calling for a change in the way the church taught and practiced Christianity
Northern Europeans did not like being controlled by a distant Pope.
Change…
The Catholic Church

3. Protestant Church Split!!
Merchants wanted to loan money with interest (usury)
The Catholic Church possessed too much power and wealth.
In Germany, the conflict was so great it produced a split that eventually formed Protestantism
Split!!
Protestant Church =

4. Martin Luther
German Monk born in 1483
Came up with idea of salvation by faith alone.
Love God, love others, have faith in Jesus, go to Heaven.

5. Meanwhile, back at the Vatican
Pope Leo X and the church were strapped for cash
Sold indulgences to make money
Certificates issued by the Catholic church that would clear all your sins.
Spiritual get out of jail free card

6. Luther and other Christians had problems with this.
OCTOBER 31, 1517, Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church
This signified the beginning of the Protestant Church.
Protestant Church
95 Thesis
Birth of the…

7. Power & 95 Theses criticized the indulgences, church corruption, etc.
After this indulgence sale declined, Church power declined
Luther was excommunicated, but gained a strong following
Power
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8. Did YOU Know?!?
Among the Roman upper class at one time, wedding cakes were broken over the brides’ heads.
One of the world’s worst drivers was a 75 year old man in Texas who received ten traffic tickets. He drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents – all in twenty minutes!
In 1973, a powerful Tornado in Oklahoma sheared a whole heard of sheep while they grazed.

9. Pastor Bob Says Sermons in…
Lutheranism
Salvation comes through faith alone
Bible was the ultimate authority, not the Clergy.
Sermons were held in vernacular
All humans are equal in God’s eyes.
Pastor Bob Says Sermons in…
VERNACULAR!!

10. John Calvin Began Calvinism, which expanded the Protestant Church
Believed in Predestination- your path is laid out before you are born
By being a good Christian, you must have been saved!
Concentrated in France (Huguenots)

11. England’s Church
King Henry VIII asked the Pope for a divorce from his wife Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn
Henry wanted a son
Pope refused because it was against Catholic Doctrine

12. Henry responded by:
Passing the Act of Supremacy
Made Henry the head of his own Church
Called the Church of England
Controlled lands once held by the Catholic Church

13. Henry was then free to do what he pleased
Married Boleyn and had another daughter
Married 4 more times, only had one son Edward VI
Henry’s daughter Mary took the throne
Mary was Catholic and converted England back to Catholicism
Called Bloody Mary because of her brutal tactics to convert England to Catholicism

14. After Mary’s death, Elizabeth I took over
Wanted to unite the people of England religiously
Created Anglicanism, a blend of Protestant and Catholic beliefs
Called the Anglican Church
Allowed merchants to make as much money as possible (Capitalism)