1. Protestant Reformation
Aim: How did the reformers impact the confidence and power of the Church?

2. DO NOW: Directions – Read about the invention of the Printing Press
DO NOW: Directions – Read about the invention of the Printing Press. Circle words you don’t know and underline key details
The earliest books were written on scrolls. From the Second Century A.D. to the present time, however, most books have been produced in the familiar codex format—in other words, bound at one edge. During the Middle Ages, manuscript books were produced by monks who worked with pen and ink in a copying room known as a scriptorium. Even a small book could take months to complete, and a book the size of the Bible could take several years…
How were books made before the printing press?

3. The Printing Press

4. Printing Press Th(ink), Pair, Share
a. What impact did the printing press have on the production/circulation of books in Europe?
b. PREDICT: How might the printing press impact the spread of new ideas?

5. 1 2 3 Causes of the Protestant Reformation
A reformation is ________________________________________________.
What caused this major religious change?
RENAISSANCE
STRONG MONARCHS
CHURCH ABUSES
a movement to change an institution or practice
HUMANISM led people to question Church authority.
HUMANISM led people to put their faith in human reason, rather than just accepting whatever authorities said was true. 1 2 3
STRONG MONARCHS (kings) resented [disliked] the power of the Church and began to support reformers who also resented the power of the Church.
Ordinary people believed the Church was becoming too SECULAR [worldy, non-religious] because it fought for power and wealth
Ordinary people hated increased fees for marriages and baptisms
SELLING OF INDULGENCES or pardons for sins

6. PROTESTANTS Lutheran Church Calvinst Church
A period when Europeans broke away from the Catholic Church and formed new Christian churches.
PROTESTANTS
disliked the sale of indulgences (buying sin forgiveness), didn’t believe priests had special powers
believed people are born sinners, preached predestination
Lutheran Church
Calvinst Church

7. Protestant Reformation - Martin Luther.
Martin Luther was one of the most influential and controversial figures in the Reformation movement. His actions fractured the Roman Catholic Church into new sects of Christianity and set in motion reform within the Church. A prominent theologian, his desire for people to feel closer to God led him to translate the Bible into the language of the people, radically changing the relationship between church leaders and their followers.

8. Martin Luther’s Timeline Effects of Martin Luther’s Actions
In 1517, Pope Leo X announced a new round of indulgences to help build St. Peter’s Basilica.
2. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther angrily nailed a sheet of paper with 95 theses on the university’s chapel door. (Though he intended these to be discussion points, the Ninety-Five Theses laid out a devastating critique of the indulgences as corrupting people’s faith.)
1/2. What did the Church do that angered Luther? How did he respond?

9. Martin Luther’s Timeline
Effects of Martin Luther’s Actions
3. Aided by the printing press, copies of the Ninety-Five Theses spread throughout Germany within two weeks and throughout Europe within two months.
3. Why did Luther’s message spread so quickly?

10. Martin Luther’s Timeline
Effects of Martin Luther’s Actions
he publicly declared that the Bible did not give the pope the exclusive right to interpret scripture, which was a direct attack on the authority of the papacy.
4. What did Luther believe about the bible?

12. Martin Luther’s Timeline
Effects of Martin Luther’s Actions
, Martin Luther was officially excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
6. The RCC bans Luther’s writings and he is declared a heretic.
Martin Luther organized the Lutheran Church.
5/6. How did the Church Respond to Luther’s actions?

13. John Calvin 1536 – Published a book on religious beliefs
1536 – Published a book on religious beliefs
Supporter of Martin Luther
Started the Calvinist Church which believed in:
Predestination: the belief that God had determined before the beginning of time who would gain salvation and go to heaven
Lifestyle: strict, disciplined, frugal

15. John Calvin 1536 – Published a book on religious beliefs
 How did the concept of predestination changed the way people viewed the Church?
John Calvin
1536 – Published a book on religious beliefs
Supporter of Martin Luther
Started the Calvinist Church which believed in:
Predestination: the belief that God had determined before the beginning of time who would gain salvation and go to heaven
Lifestyle: strict, disciplined, frugal

16. John Calvin 1536 – Published a book on religious beliefs
How might the Calvinist work ethic change society?
1536 – Published a book on religious beliefs
Supporter of Martin Luther
Started the Calvinist Church which believed in:
Predestination: the belief that God had determined before the beginning of time who would gain salvation and go to heaven
Lifestyle: strict, disciplined, frugal

17. Brainstorm: How was the Protestant Reformation a “Turning Point”?
Religious
Economic
Political
Social

18. Theme – Change:
Not all revolutions are political. Nonpolitical revolutions have brought important intellectual, economic, and/or social changes to societies.
Identify two non-political revolutions that brought important intellectual, economic, and/or social changes and for each
Describe one change brought about by this non-political revolution
Discuss an impact this nonpolitical revolution had on a specific society or societies
Task:

19. Gather Evidence Describe Change from Protestant Reformation
Explain impact this had on a specific society
(Political, Social, Economic, Cultural)
 This had a positive/negative
__________________ impact because