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THE REFORMATION
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ACTIVITY:
Create an informative poster in which you explain the following information related
to the Protestant Reformation.
- Church before the Protestant Reform
- Martin Luther
- John Calvin
- Anglicanism
- The Catholic Counter Reformation
- The Spanish Inquisition.
The Reformation
Pre- reformation
• The Catholic Church was undergoing an internal crisis during the 1400’s.
• Examples of the crisis:
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Members of the lower clergy were not well educated
Decline in morality
Higher class behaving in contradiction with the teachings of the Church.
Nepotism = when a powerful person gives jobs and another favors
Selling of indulgences – buying forgiveness, which help the Church increased
wealth and power.
Martin Luther
• During the 1500’s more people became dissatisfied with the behavior of some of the
members of the Church.
• One of this people was a German friar named Martin Luther.
• He challenge the Catholic Church doctrine by publishing his 95 theses.
• He believed:
• Humans were not perfect and had natural tendencies to sin.
• People salvation was Individually.
• There was no need for selling indulgences.
• He was excomulgated by the Catholic Church. Luther started his own religion
Lutheranism for non-Catholic Christians.
• The Protestant reformation began. (1517)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j89_BAh2Q3M
Calvinism
• John Calvin – A French legal scholar and humanist.
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Provided Luther ideas for the Reformation.
Decided to start his own Christian religion called Calvinism.
Stated that people who had been chosen by God for Salvation had faith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ivVAcg5pyI
Anglicanism
• The Protestant Reformation also reached England.
• King Henry the VIII founded the Anglicans church (Church of England)
after a disagreement with the Pope.
• The Pope refuse to declare invalid his marriage with Catherine of Aragon
(from Spain).
• He started the new religion and became the head of the Anglican
Church.
• The religion kept must of the teaching and ceremonies of the Catholic Church
but did not obey the Pope.
• http://www.britroyals.com/shopimages/henry8_lg.jpg
The Catholic Counter Reformation
• After facing so much criticism the Catholic Church decided to introduce
considerable changes.
• Reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings.
• Stop selling of indulgences
• Ended the Inquisition
• Inquisition – court who determined who was not a true catholic
• This unified the Catholic Church.