Reformation Vocabulary

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People who sided with Martin Luther and protested against the Catholic Church

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Protestants

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According to the Catholic Church, a place where souls wait before entering heaven

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purgatory

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A proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved, think Martin Luther and his ninety-five

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thesis

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Granted by the pope to lessen the time spent in purgatory due, in order to declare someone free of sins

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indulgence

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A religious war between Catholics and Protestants in Europe

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30 years

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The efforts by the Catholic Church to make changes or reform the Catholic Church

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Catholic Reformation

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Christian place of worship

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church

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An agreement after the Thirty Years' War allowing rulers of countries to decide for themselves if they would be Protestant or Catholic

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Treaty of Westphalia

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A person sent to spread a particular religion, for example Christianity to non-Christian people

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missionaries

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A period of change in Christianity in Europe

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