1. The Reformation What Does it Mean to Reform an Institution and What in Europe Needs Reforming?

2. Type 1  Think back on the values and ideas of the Renaissance. 1. Which of those values might have caused Europeans to REFORM (or change) society in the 1500s? Or 1. What part of European society might have needed REFORM (or change) in the 1500s?

3. Why did Europeans in the 1500s-1600s want to reform the Catholic Church? 1. The Church was corrupt. 2. There was political conflict between the pope and European Kings. 1. Europeans were influenced by the Humanist beliefs of the Renaissance. http://www.hoffmann.caltech.edu/PlacesVisited/html0001/images

4. #1 Corruption in the Catholic Church: a) Greed  The Catholic Church has certain ideas about excess. What does excess mean? Do you think the Church approved of excess? a)Greed b)Indulgences c)Simony d)Taxation Pope Clermont V

5.  Bishops and clergy Their lifestyles imitated those of royalty  Sought wealth and luxury items Wanted the same lifestyle that lay people enjoyed  Nuns and monks married (this violated the vow of chastity) Lost respect as selfless protectors of the Church #1 Corruption in the Catholic Church: a) Greed

6.  The church as a religious & economic institution Needs $ to finance projects  What is one way the Church makes money? _____________________  Charges Christians for the [saving of their soul] – or salvation – what they are “purchasing/buying” is called an indulgence. What is controversial about this practice? a)Greed b)Indulgences c)Simony d)Taxation Corruption in the Catholic Church: b) Indulgences

7.  Positions in the Church Sought after (wanted) The Church realized that it could make money off peoples’ desire to work in the Church  The offices of bishops were sold at excessive prices This practice is called simony a)Greed b)Indulgences c)Simony d)Taxation #1 Corruption in the Catholic Church: c) Simony

8.  Why is simony a problem? Some people were able to obtain multiple offices (or become bishops in one church as well as in another)  Why is this a problem? Why else might simony have been considered a problem? #1 Corruption in the Catholic Church: c) Simony

9.  Like during the Middle Ages, all Renaissance Christians were required to pay taxes to not only their king but to the Church (in Rome). Europeans resented the Church for requiring taxes from them. a)Greed b)Indulgences c)Simony d)Taxation #1 Corruption in the Catholic Church: d) Taxation

10. Word Wall  Your Task: look at your Notes and (1 PERSON AT A TIME, volunteer to come up to the SMARTBoard and write a new vocab word from today’s lecture. Definition? Why is it important?