Religious and Historical Terms

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monk

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a man who joins a religious community and promises to live a simple life

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printing press

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machine that produces printed copies; invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1436

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scriptures

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passages from the Bible

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distributed

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divided up and given out to people

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Indulgences

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a payment to the Catholic church for a pass to get to heaven more quickly

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heretic

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a person who believes or teaches ideas that go against the Roman Catholic church

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reform

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to change for the better

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corrupt

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doing things that are dishonest or illegal to make money or to gain or keep power

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heir

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person who will inherit money, property, or a title when their relative dies

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converted

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persuaded to change religious faith or other beliefs