Transcript Reformation

Reformation
The Printing Press

Johannes's Guttenberg- Invents the printing press. This
will allow books and bible to be mass produced
Beginning
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Christian HumanismGoal was to Reform the
Catholic Church.
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Desiderius Erasmus:
Wrote The Praise of
Folly- book which
criticized the Catholic
Church
Catholic Church Problems
issues
Corruption with popes
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Indulgences- ticket
into heaven
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Bible- only written in
Latin
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Inquisition- trial held
by the church to find
and try heretics,
killed those who
didn’t confess
Martin Luther
Believed in
Justification by
faith: people
needed strong faith
in God to reach
heaven.
 Ninety-five
theses- a list of
major problems
with the Catholic
church
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Break in the Church
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Luther was
excommunicated
(removed from church).
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Edict of Worms- Church
declared that Martin
Luther was wrong about
his ideas
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Luther and his followers
established Lutheran
Churches (protestant)
Peasants Revolt
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German Peasants
revolted against their
lords and asked Luther
for support.
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Luther supported the
lords (needed money
and leadership to
convert)
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Protestant churches
spread through the Holy
Roman Empire
Peace of Augsburg
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Agreement formally
accepted the division of
Christianity in Germany.
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German states were free
to choose Catholicism or
Lutheranism