The Protestant Reformation
A period of time in Europe when people wanted ______
______
Beginning as early as the ______, but officially began in the ______
thanks to Martin Luther
Will lead to changes within the Catholic Church as well as many European
Nations and its leaders
Without the ______,
none of this would have been possible (the first copy machine basically)
Printing Press Video Questions
1. When was the printing press invented?
2. What affect did the printing press have on human culture?
3. What were some of the troubles with printing presses?
4. How many pages could be printed in one hour?
5. Where do the names “uppercase” and “lowercase” come from?
Why change the church?
The Catholic Church ______in the 1500s
Most of the Church and powerful ______(______)
had become ______.
People did not like to see the ______of the church
The people had a strong desire to ______
Setting the Stage Video Questions
1. What does “catholic” mean?
2. Who is the head of the Catholic church?
3. Where do we get the term “holidays” from?
4. Who was the Pope in 1517?
5. Indulgences could get you time off from where?
Why didn't they care earlier than the 1500s?
This corruption had been going on since the ______
....Why care now??
As the Renaissance progressed, more and more people ______
______
Thus, they could ______and ______themselves
As they read the ______, they realized the ______were
no longer acting as religious leaders, but ______
This resulted in the ______
The Poor of Lyons
In 1176, a merchant named Peter Waldo living in Lyon, France
______the Catholic Church
He sold his belongings and began to dedicate his life to the gospel and his
followers called themselves the ______.
In the 1100's, it was ______for someone to ______
who was ______ Peter and his followers were ______
and they formed a new church called the Waldensian Church.
The Waldensians
It was illegal for the Waldensians to ______
of their own outside of the Catholic Church
They were ______
by the Catholic Church in the 1200s for ______.
However, this did not discourage the Waldensians from keeping their church
Martin Luther
Many years later, the reformation continued by the efforts of a German
______named Martin Luther
Martin Luther devoted his life to God despite his parents’ wishes for him to
become a ______
He dedicated his life to ______
The more he studied, the more he felt the Catholic Church had gone astray
95 Theses
He wrote down ______about the Catholic Church he felt were wrong
He ______of the Catholic Church
in Wittenberg, Germany.
These 95 points were copied and sent all throughout Germany thanks to the
printing press The Catholic Church lost money on ______
______
o This was just 1 of the 95 points Martin Luther felt was corrupt
The Catholic Church Fights Back
The ______(pronounced dee-it)
o As the sale of indulgences declined, ______
grew upset and sent clergy to get Martin Luther to ______
his feelings about the church
. Martin Luther ______
o The Catholic Church claimed Martin Luther a ______,
a crime punishable by ______.
. Luther escaped and went into hiding, where he began ______
______.
. Inspired by the Waldensians, Martin Luther founded a new
religion known as ______.
John Calvin and Calvinism
In the mid-1500s, another religious leader by the name of John Calvin
wanted to set up a ______(government ran by the church)
By 1541, he set up a theocracy in Geneva, ______and was very
strict about ______and other everyday rules of the people. Wrote a book called “The Institutes of The Christian Religion”
o Believed ______
______
o Believed ______
______
. Some are destined for ______while others are destined for
______and you cannot ______
Put many people to death for not following the rules or acting “too Catholic”
Church of England
Remember, King Henry VIII started a church known as the Church of England
all because he ______!
o Well, I told you this would play an important role later on…
If you are a non-catholic, you are considered a ______
When King Edward IV dies and Mary takes power, she also restores
Catholicism to England
o Remember, she killed many Protestant followers and became known as
'Bloody Mary'
Queen Elizabeth, who was a protestant, restored the Church of England
Thus, the Catholic Church and Protestant religion were now able to live in
somewhat harmony.
Henry and the Church Video Questions:
1. Review: When Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon, who did he
want to marry?
2. Where did Henry VIII get his idea for the Church of England?
3. Besides power and wealth, what else did the Church have?
4. What was printed for the first time during the Reformation?
Council of Trent
The Catholic Church realized it needed to ______
The Catholic Church resolved ______of their issues with the meetings
of the Council of Trent between the years 1545 and 1563
o Established the ______
o No longer were clergy to act like ______and take
______
The divide between the Catholic Church and Protestants began to cease
The Council of Trent Video Questions:
1. What does the Council of Trent NOT do away with?
2. What does the Council declare the points of the Reformation? Does this
sound good or bad?