The Reformation

Before the reformation, what religion did most Europeans practice?

• Buddhism

• Catholocism

• Islam

• Hindu

What language was the bible written in before the reformation in Europe?

• English

• Hebrew

• Greek

• Latin

How much of Europe did the Catholic church own?

• 1/16

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

Why did Martin Luther become a monk?

• He decided that religious law was more interesting than governmental law.

• His parents had urged him to become a monk and he finally gave in.

• He pretended to be a monk so he could spy on all the awful things the church was doing.

• He was struck by lightning and survived!!!

What were "indulgences"?

• Money paid to the church to forgive sins

• The pope giving gifts to priests

• people making desserts for the priests

• priests going on fancy trips to the holy land

How did so many people in Europe come to know about Luther's ideas about the church?

• Almost everyone who was scholarly minded attended the Diet of Worms and heard Luther speak.

• Luther started speaking all over Europe, becoming one of the highest paid monks of all time.

• Luther hand-wrote thousands of copies of the original document he nailed to the door and distributed them all over Europe.

• The printing press made it possible for his ideas to be printed and distributed all over Europe in many languages.

What is a "protestant"

• Someone who protests everything

• Someone who is still Christian, but thinks the Catholic way of doing things is wrong.

• A person who doesn't eat or use animal products

• Someone who reads a lot

Why did some rulers become Lutherans (or other types of protestants )

• They liked reading the bible in Latin.

• They wanted religion only to be for the elite powerful people.

• They wanted to take land and money away from the church.

• They liked that the common people used these ideas to revolt against their lords.