Transcript The Protestant Reformation

Please list your grievances about
school.
Would you be willing to post this on
the Principal’s door??
• Pros
• Cons
Aim: What were the causes of
the Protestant Reformation?
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Continuing crisis of the Church
 Growing popular dissatisfaction
 too much emphasis on ritual
 increasing secularization
 wealth, corruption, abuse
Caricature of Pope Alexander VI
Johan Tetzel
“As soon as the
gold in the
casket rings,
the rescued
soul to heaven
springs.”
Why did Luther object to the sale of
indulgences?
What were some other abuses of
the Catholic Church?
• Nepotism-
• Simony-
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Martin
Luther
How was Martin Luther’s version of
Christianity different from the
Catholic Church?
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546)
 Revised Christian doctrine
 clergy no different than rest
 rejected belief in purgatory
 reduced 7 sacraments to
2: baptism & communion
 called for end of
monasteries
Bible to be written in
the vernacular
The balance: The Church v. the Bible
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Why do you think the German
princes supported Martin Luther?
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Martin Luther on the peasant
rebellions of 1525
• "They should be knocked to pieces,
strangled and stabbed, secretly and
openly, by everybody who can do it,
just as one must kill a mad dog!"
Who resisted efforts of conversion?
…The Jews.
Read the documents and answer the
following questions:
1) According to Luther, why didn’t the Jews
convert to Christianity under the Catholic
banner?
2) How do you account for the very different
tones in the two documents- that are
BOTH written by Martin Luther?
Do you think Martin Luther could have been
as successful without the printing press?
John Calvin
Calvinism (1536)
• Calvin fled France in 1536, went to
Switzerland
• Published Institutes of the Christian
Religion
• Faith alone to achieve salvation
• Predestination
• The Consistory was established to
oversee moral life/punish sinners
Calvinist Sins
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Dancing
Singing obscene songs
Drunkenness
Swearing
Playing cards
Wearing flashy clothes
Idleness
Gossiping
Q: Why do you think Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which resulted in the
expulsion of the (Calvinist) Huguenots, proved to be a big mistake?
Summary: How did the Protestant
Reformation affect the Roman Catholic
Church? How do you think the Church will
react??