1. Protestant Reformation- Europe in 1517
Problems in the Church
The Black Death
The Papal Schism
Simony
Indulgences

2. Protestant Reformation- Europe in 1517
Reformation- a change in the Church’s way of teaching and practicing Christianity.

3. Protestant Reformation- Europe in 1517
The New World had been discovered
The Printing Press was invented
Humanism is spreading

4. Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther’s Beliefs
Salvation comes from faith alone
God’s will is revealed in the Bible

5. Protestant Reformation
Luther nailed 95 complaints to a church door.
This started the Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a protest against and an attempt to reform the Catholic Church.

6. Protestant Reformation
Impacts of Luther’s beliefs
People moved their loyalty from the Church to their rulers (nationalism).
Rulers defied the Pope.
Literacy increased
People interpreted the Bible for themselves

7. How Martin Luther Started a Religious Revolution
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8. Other Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin
Believed Government should be run by religion (theocracy)
Believed in Predestination- Your fate is determined when you are born

9. Other Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
John Wycliff
Criticized the wealth of the Church
Translated the Bible into English

10. Other Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
The Anabaptists
Only adult baptism
Must have separation of church and state

11. Other Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
Henry VIII
Abolished the Catholic Church in England
Created the Church of England

12. The Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Reaction to the Protestant Reformation was called the Counter- Reformation
Inquisition- an institution created to re-establish the authority of the pope.