Transcript Reformation
Reformation
The Printing Press
Johannes's Guttenberg- Invents the printing press. This
will allow books and bible to be mass produced
Beginning
Christian HumanismGoal was to Reform the
Catholic Church.
Desiderius Erasmus:
Wrote The Praise of
Folly- book which
criticized the Catholic
Church
Catholic Church Problems
issues
Corruption with popes
Indulgences- ticket
into heaven
Bible- only written in
Latin
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
Break in the Church
Luther was
excommunicated
(removed from church).
Edict of Worms- Church
declared that Martin
Luther was wrong about
his ideas
Luther and his followers
established Lutheran
Churches (protestant)
Peasants Revolt
German Peasants
revolted against their
lords and asked Luther
for support.
Luther supported the
lords (needed money
and leadership to
convert)
Protestant churches
spread through the Holy
Roman Empire
Peace of Augsburg
Agreement formally
accepted the division of
Christianity in Germany.
German states were free
to choose Catholicism or
Lutheranism