Protestant Reformation

Why did England break with the Church?

• Martin Luther's influence spread throughout country

• John Calvin set up his theocracy in one the towns

• The king wanted a divorce and Church said no

• The England did not break from the Catholic Church

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Who was Martin Luther?

• An African-American civil rights leader

• A monk who traveled to spread Christianity

• A Germen priest who rebelled against the Catholic Church

• A Catholic pope who wanted to improve the Church

What was the Catholic Church's response to Martin Luther's 95 Theses?

• Excommunication

• The death penalty

• The Counsel of Trent

• They ignored it

According to Martin Luther, where is ultimate religious authority determined?

• The decisions of the Pope

• The bible

• The actions of the Priest

• Whatever feels good in the moment

What invention helped to spread the information of the Reformation?

• The Bible

• The telegraph

• The harness

• The printing press

Why did Henry VIII want to divorce Catherine of Aragon?

• Didn't bear son

• She cheated on him

• They were different religions

• War with Spain

What did the Catholic Church sell to forgive sins?

• Forgiveness
• Sacraments
• Indulgences
• Confession

What was the Protestant Reformation?

• an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
• an attempt to reform practices by the Catholic church considered corrupt.
• a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.

Martin Luther suggested which change to church practice?

• Printing the Bible in the vernacular (language spoken by the people) so all could read it

• Installing statues of saints in churches.

• Saying mass in Latin so the faithful would learn it.

• Increasing the sale of indulgences

Luther argued that people's beliefs should be based on the

_________________.

• Bible

• Ninety-Five Theses

• The Pope

• The words of the priest