THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

Why did the Reformation begin?

• Luther wanted to start a new religion.

• The Church was poor and needed a new leader.

• Calvin wanted to head the Church.

• There were abuses in the Church that needed changing.

Fill in the blank. Luther believed that ________________ was how people would end up in heaven.

• faith
• indulgences
• good deeds
• going to church

Martin Luther's main complaint was against what?

• Inquisitions
• Indulgences
• The Bible
• Ice Cream

Protestant or Catholic belief? Predestination - that God already knows who is going to heaven

• Protestant
• Catholic

What was Indulgences?

• a first church
• leaders
• pardons for sins sold by the Catholic Church

What does writing in the vernacular mean?

• writing in a foreign language
• writing in first person voice 
• writing in Latin 
• writing in people's native language 

Which religious leader made predestination a central part of his belief system?

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

• St. Ignatius of Loyola

• William Tyndale

What was the Inquisition?

• a body of highly disciplined thought developed by the Jesuits

• a court to try people who violated Catholic Church law

• the movement that encouraged people to become Protestants

• the study of religious beliefs, faith, and free will

What does converting mean?

• adopting a new religion

• electing a new leader

• moving to a new country

• rejoining one's religion

Martin Luther believed that

• only the Catholic CHurch can interpret the Bible.

• only the pope can absolve a person's sins.

• people can absolve their sins by buying indulgences.

• people do not need priests to interpret the Bible.