Reformation Reading Passages

Reformation Reading Passages

Read and Respond

Multiple Choice

What is a penance?

• A. A flag used by church officials

• B. A coin used to buy an indulgence

• C. A belief that Jesus is present in the church

• D. An action performed to show repentance for sin

Multiple Choice

Why did the Protestant reformers reject the Pope’s authority?

• A. They wanted a pope that was elected by the people.

• B. They thought that the pope was hiding religious secrets.

• C. They felt the pope was not accurately translating the Bible.

• D. They did not believe that the pope was spiritually higher than they were.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helped to enable the quick distribution of the Tyndale Bible throughout Europe?

• A. The fact that it was in Latin

• B. The mechanical printing press

• C. Its immediate acceptance by the Catholic Church

• D. Tyndale’s close connection to the Catholic Church

Multiple Choice

Why was the Church threatened by Tyndale’s version of the Bible, written in English?

• A. Most priests and the pope did not speak English.

• B. People could read the Bible without the clergy’s help.

• C. The Bible verses criticized the Church and its members.

• D. The Church would have to pay for new editions of the Bible.

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the word sovereign as it applies to the Vatican City?

• A. It is part of a larger country, comparable with the state of Texas in the United States.

• B. It refers to the condition of the city—the state it is in.

• C. It is a city-state that is a self-governing nation, like a country.

• D. It means that its independence is only by verbal agreement with Rome.