Changes in Religion

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Changes in Religion

• The
• Protestant Catholic
• Reformations

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Directions for Notes

• As we view each slide, look for clues to the
  changes in the Medieval Church.
• Listen to the clue questions.
• For each notes slide, add the information across
  your page.
• Place arrows after each notes slide to show the
  flow of events through the Protestant Reformation.

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• Corruption in the church existed (selling
  indulgences, destroying education)
• Some priests immoral and did not know how to
  perform jobs
• Great Schism created 2 popes and divides power
• Monarchs and reformers question churchs authority

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• John Wycliffe others begin to question the
  churchs authority (right to set rules)
• Some charged with heresy (speaking against
  church) and put to death Jan Huss
• Causes leaders to ask for church to reform

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• Martin Luther (a German monk) questioned Catholic
  Church and corrupt ways
• Theory of Justification by faith said people did
  not need to buy indulgences or other church
  abuses
• Posted 95 Theses (statements on church
  wrong-doings) on door of church
• Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther from church

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• Luther continued to protest
• Wrote pamphlets about his beliefs
• Led to widespread revolt across Germany
• Protesting followers of Luther (and other
  reformers) began Protestant branch of
  Christianity
• Luthers followers became Lutherans

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• Invention of Printing Press by Johan Gutenberg
  helps spread Protestant ideas across Europe
• Peasants revolt from Catholic Church and join new
  leaders
• New Christian branches form (Lutheranism,
  Calvinism, Anabaptists, Anglicans)

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• John Calvins ideas are introduced in Geneva and
  helps spread Protestantism
• Theory of predestination
• Live life proving you are one of Gods chosen for
  salvation

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• Catholic Church begins to lose members
• Call together meeting (Council of Trent) to
  reform church
• Abuses ended and reformed finances of church
• Church set up schools to train monks, priests

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• Jesuits very well trained by Catholic Church
• Educated in all disciplines to have full
  understanding of the world
• Worked to win back members in Europe
• Spread Catholic faith across Africa, Asia, and
  Americas

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• Catholic extreme policies tried to stop the
  spread of Protestantism
• Inquisition judged and convicted heretics
• Imprisoned, exiled, or executed those with
  unorthodox views
• Index of Prohibited Books named books forbidden
  to read, including Protestant Bibles and
  scientific writings

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• By the end of the Reformation and Counter
  (Catholic) Reformation, Europe is diverse with
  different Christian branches.
• Each branch will work to gather members and
  spread their religion around the rest of the
  world as exploration and colonization begins.