Causes of the Protestant Reformation

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Overview THE PROTESTANTREFORMATION and the Wars
of Religon in EUROPE (Ch. 11 and Ch. 12)
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• Began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic
  Church
• Resulted in destruction of religious unity of
  Western Europe and bitter wars of religion
• At the Council of Trent, Catholic reformers
  reasserted Church doctrine with support from the
  Jesuits and the Inquisition in Spain
• Non-Catholic groups became targets of the Spanish
  and Italian Inquisitions

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Protestant Reformation?
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Precursors of the Reformation

• Problems with the Church

• Other Forces of Change

• Make a list of problems with the Catholic Church
  that helped lead to the Protestant Reformation

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Precursors of the Reformation

• Anti-clericalism due to their response during the
  Black Death
• Great Schism
• John Wycliffe questioned the wealth of the church
• Jan Husthe Bible mattered, not the institution
  of the Church
• Burnt at stake

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• Many people began to recognize the Churchs
  abuses during the Babylonian Capitivity (Avignon)

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THE WEALTH OF THE VATICAN
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The Wealth of the Vatican Continued