The Reformation Begins

This image shows the practice of selling indulgences. What was an indulgence?

• a Christian who separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation

• a common practice of selling and buying positions in the Catholic Church

• a grant by the Catholic Church that released a person from punishment for sins

• a list of arguments, or theses, against Church abuses that was posted on a church door

Many Catholics were deeply disturbed by the abuse of indulgences, because it seemed as though people

• could buy forgiveness for their sins.

• were no longer able to sin.

• no longer understood what sin was.

• were required by the Church to commit sin.

In the Middle Ages,

• the Church agreed that its clergy were subject to political rulers' control.

• kings always acknowledged and respected the power of the pope.

• the pope became a powerful political figure, as well as a religious leader.

• there were four popes, one each in London, Paris, Venice, and Wittenberg.

After Pope Gregory XI died in 1378, three rival popes divided the Church. This division in the Church was called

• Protestantism

• the Great Schism

• simony

• the Reformation

The man looking upward toward the heavens in the center of this image is Jan Hus. What is happening?

• He is being interrogated.

• He is summoning help.

• He is being burned at the stake.

• He is lighting a fire.

Why was Jan Hus burned at the stake in 1415?

• He convinced Pope Gregory XI to move the papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

• He killed dozens of Protestants who had broken away from the Church.

• He proposed that the mass should be offered only in Latin.

• He was charged with heresy because he wanted to reform the Church.

Jan Hus was influenced by the writings of

• Desiderius Erasmus.

• Huldrych Zwingli.

• John Wycliffe.

• Martin Luther.

Christians who separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation were known as

• Clergy

• Protestants

• Catholics

• Hussites

What were indulgences?

• high-ranking positions within the Church

• lists of abuses posted on church doors

• pardons of all of their sins and those of friends and family.

• particular religious groups within a larger faith

Which of the following did Luther believe Christians should be taught?

• People should spend money on indulgences, even if their own families suffer.

• It is better to give to the poor and needy than to spend money on indulgences.

• The Church requires all good Christians to buy indulgences.

• It is necessary to buy indulgences to enjoy all of the blessings of the Church.