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Pascack Hills High School, Montvale, New Jersey, USA
Jane Yeam, World History
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King Henry VIII
He created the Church of England.
Separated England from the Roman Catholic
Church because he wanted a divorce.
Martin Luther
• Nailed the Ninety-Five Theses onto the
Wittenberg Church door.
• The Ninety-Five Theses protests abuse
and indulgences performed by the
clergy.
• Initiated the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin
•
Created a sect of Christianity similar to
Martin Luther but it included the idea of
predestination.
* Predestination is the idea that
everybody’s fate has been predetermined by God.
This sect was called Calvinism.
Hudreich Zwingli
• Leader in the Swiss Reformation
• Similar conclusions to Martin Luther about the
scriptures.
• He insisted that the Bible was the source of
Christian truth rather than the Church.
John Knox
• Scottish leader of the Protestant
Reformation.
• Studied under John Calvin and brought
the Protestant Reformation to Scotland.