Protestant Reformation

DATE: _________________

Early Reformers
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o Interested in authority of clergy.
o People should be able to interpret and read the Bible on their own.
o Lived during __________________________ (more than one pope).
This caused questioning about Papal Authority.

_____________________________
o He wanted Bishops elected and not appointed by Pope.
o At the _______________________________, he made his case but he was burned at
the stake for his beliefs.
o Spiritual leader of the Moravian Church.

_____________________________
o _____________________________________________________.
o Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within.
o He also held to Catholic doctrines such as that of ____________________.
Which some Protestant Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of
_______________________________________________________.
How does this relate to the Reformation? Explain your answer?
________________________________________________________________________________
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Important Developments that aid the

process to Reformation!
The Printing Press!!!!
o ________________________________
(Faster production=cheaper books)
o People have access to books whenever
they want them.
____________________ = 3,600
pages per workday
_____________________ = 40
pages per workday

What is the Protestant Reformation?

Protestant Reformation__________________________________________________________________
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o People grew displeased with the churches
______________________________
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What happens to spark the Reformation?

Pope Leo X needs money to build St. Peters
Basilicaso he sells ____________________!
o ________________- were pardons issued by the
pope that people could buy to reduce a souls time
in purgatory = (People could buy forgiveness)
o Martin Luthers Ninety Five Theses

Language Barriers
Most uneducated people didnt understand Latin, but knew the local common
language or _______________________.
o Almost all Bibles were written in LATIN before the Reformation.

It was the job of the church clergy to translate the Bible to lay
people.

Martin Luther
Luther was a ____________________________ and
____________________________________ (religion) at the
University of Wittenberg.
One of the many leaders of the Protestant Reformation.
o Luther objected to a saying attributed to Johann Tetzel that :
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________."

Luthers 95 Theses
In 1517, the ________________ were nailed to a church door. They were
written in Latin.
o Luthers intention: ____________________________________________!
o Criticized:
1. __________________________

2. __________________________
3. __________________________
Gods Grace won by ________________________________________________!
o Catholic View: _______________________________________________.

Excommunication
In 1520 Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther.
o _____________________________________- expelled him from the church.
o Holy Roman Emperor Charles V passed measures to suppress Luthers writings.
o Lutheran princes in Germany issued a ________________________ or protest.
Hence the term _______________________!

Other Reformations
________________________________ in Switzerland
o _______________________
A government in which church and state are joined and in which officials are
considered to be divinely inspired.

________________________________ in Switzerland
o Predestination
_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________.

________________________________ in Scotland
o Laid grounds for Presbyterian Church

In England, the Reformation began with the King!

__________________________________________
o The king who had six wives
He wants a ____________________!
Name all King Henrys wives and name their fate:
1. __________________________________________
2. __________________________________________
3. __________________________________________
4. __________________________________________
5. __________________________________________
6. __________________________________________
How did Henry help the Reformation process in England?
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The Reformation Parliament

Was a gathering that led to the decision that England was no longer under the
authority of the pope.
_______________________________________________________________
o Subjects were required to take an oath declaring Henry VIII to be
__________________________________________________________________

Longstanding Effects of Henry VIII

His legitimate children: Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward (dies).
o ___________________________________________________
Raised ___________________ like her mother Catherine of Aragon; she
reestablished the Catholic Church in England. She killed many protestants and
had approximately 300 heretics burned at the stake.
o _____________________________________________________
Raised __________________ and ruled England for 44
years. Ruled during the Spanish Armada, and never
marriedknown as the __________________________.