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Chapter 1: The Renaissance and
Reformation
The Protestant Reformation
(Day 2)
The Protestant Reformation
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What is simony?
a) Selling and buying of Church jobs
E. Who was Martin Luther?
1) Monk who challenged the practice of indulgences
2) 1 st to openly challenge church wrongdoings
3) Posted his list of grievances (95 Theses) on the
door of the Wittenberg Cathedral in Germany
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Why?
4) Eventually, with the help of the printing press,
his words spread throughout Germany
• Beginning of the Reformation
II. Goal of the Reformation
A. (1524) – peasants hoped to use Luther’s ideas about
Christian freedom to change society
B. Politically, German princes hoped the revolution would
weaken the power of the Catholic Church
The Protestant Reformation
1) This would help princes escape the rule of the Pope
2) It would make monarchies stronger
C. Those that joined Luther were called Protestants
(“Christians who belonged to non-Catholic churches”)
D. Others remained loyal to the Pope
1. War breaks out between Catholics and Protestants
III. Calvinism
A. (1530) – Protestant movement gives way to teachings of
John Calvin
1) Wrote a book that gave structure to Protestant beliefs
2) He taught that people are sinful by nature
3) Calvinism taught about predestination.
• God decides beforehand who will be saved
The Protestant Reformation
IV. Catholic Church’s response
A. As Protestant churches grew, the Catholic Church took
steps to change itself
1) This becomes known as the Counter-Reformation
(Catholic Reformation)
B. One Catholic reformer founded a new group based on a
deep devotion of Jesus; called the Jesuits.
1) Started schools all across Europe
2) Sent missionaries to convert people to Christianity
3) Tried to stop the spread of Protestantism; this was
called the Counter-Reformation movement
V. Legacy of the Reformation
A. Catholic Church is more unified
B. Overall decline in the power of the Church
C. Individual monarchs (kings) and nations gained greater
power