Reformation & Counter-Reformation

Without a common government in Europe. Who became an important political leader?

• The Pope

• The King

• The Muslims

• The Jews

Define corruption

• Honest work for honest pay

• Promotions based on Intelligence

• Dishonest and self -serving behavior

• all of the above

What is an example of the corruption of the Church

• They would read the banned books

• Vacant positions were sold to the highest bidders

• They would sleep all day instead of praying

• they prayed all day and helped the sick

What is an indulgence?

• over eating

• increasing the penalty for a sin

• Over sleeping

• Reducing the penalty for a sin

How were indulgences first used?

• Crusaders put them under their helmets for gods blessing

• They were used to ignite fires

• They would be given to people for doing good work or helping people in need

• They were given to the head of the church for protection

What did priest start doing with indulgences?

• They started selling them as a way to raise money

• They began giving them to the poor as food vouchers

• They burned all of them so that no one would benefit from them

• They were forgotten over time until they were found in the year 1975

Who was Martin Luther

• A communist working for the Russian Union

• A hard working man that became popular after his death

• A monk was disgusted by the church's corrupt practices.

• A king who order the pope to bless him and all his land

Luther Believed in

• An eye for an eye

• As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs

• Hard work pays off

• Salvation through faith

What did Martin Luther write that displeased the church

• 95 theses

• Declaration of Independence from the church

• Declaration of Faith

• 87 problems

What helped the spread of Luther's ideas?

• Pony Express

• Printing press

• smoke signals from town to town

• Merchant ships