The Reformation Spreads - Tenafly Public Schools
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The Reformation Spreads
John Calvin
French lawyer
Influenced by Luther’s reformation
Started his own religion
Called Calvinism
Calvinism
Beliefs…
Salvation was gained through faith
alone
Bible is the only source of religious
truth
Predestination
God had long ago determined who would
gain salvation
Spread of Calvinism
Calvin spread his ideas in France
People from all over Europe came to
learn about Calvinism and then spread
the ideas
This new challenge to the Catholic
Church set off many bloody battles
THE ENGLISH
REFORMATION
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was the king of
England
He had stood against the
Protestant Reformation
However the church and the
king started to have many
political disputes
Henry VIII was married to
Catherine of Aragon (Spain)
They only had 1 daughter,
Mary Tudor.
The Cause
Wants a son
Falls in love with Anne Boleyn
He wanted to annul his marriage
He asked the pope to annul his
marriage
The pope said no
The pope did not want to upset
Catherine’s nephew Emperor Charles
V of the HRE.
The Break
Henry passed laws
through Parliament
that put the English
church under the
control of the king.
Anglicanism (the Church of
England)
Very similar to Catholicism
Common book of prayers
tells them what to do and
believe
Salvation is received through
faith
Do not have saints but divines
Catholic Reformation
Counter-Reformation
1530
Reform movement within the
Catholic Church
Goals were to get respect
back, end the other
reformations, end corruption
Council of Trent
Meet for 20 years on and off
to direct the reformation
Better defined church
doctrines
Banned the sale of
indulgences
Disciplined the clergy
Jesuits
Soldiers of the counterreformation
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola
in 1534
Organized like the military
Stressed education
Opposed the killing of heretics
Inquisition
A court
Founded during the Middle
Ages
Used secret information,
torture, and execution to get rid
of those who went against the
church
Index of Forbidden Books