Reformation

How did the Reformation begin?

• Baptists and Lutherans started a war against the Catholic Church

• Two Popes were fighting for power

• Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the church door

• Michelangelo finished painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

What were Martin Luther's 95 Theses?

• 95 reasons to join the Lutheran Church

• 95 ways to become a priest

• 95 ways to be a good Christian

• 95 concerns about the Catholic Church

How did the Reformation affect the Catholic Church?

• The Church grew bigger than ever

• Its size decreased and people joined other denominations (kinds of Christian churches)

• The Pope was displaced, and Martin Luther become emperor of all Catholics

• The Pope left Europe and set up headquarters in Brazil

Which invention had a major influence on the Reformation?

• Plow

• Submarine

• Printing press

• Can opener

How did the printing press affect the Reformation?

• More Bibles were available, but they were still in Latin and most people couldn't read them

• The Church forbid Bible printing, and priests continued to copy Bibles by hand

• The Pope printed a new, more popular Bible

• Many more Bibles were available for people to read and interpret for themselves

What is salvation?

• Another word for communion

• A way to treat the Black Death

• Acceptance into heaven

• A certificate people bought in order to go to heaven

What did people hope to gain by purchasing indulgences?

• Salvation

• Nice house

• Job in the Church

• Jewels for their robes

After studying the Bible, how did Martin Luther believe people got to heaven?

• Good deeds / acts

• Purchasing indulgences

• Paying to see holy relics (items)

• Faith in God

Simony was the practice of what?

• Payment to go to heaven

• Payment to see a holy relic

• Payment to get a job in the Church

• Acceptance into heaven

What is one reason that the Church wanted to raise so much money during the 1500's?

• To help the poor after the Black Death wiped out their ways of life

• To fund some Church officials' lives of luxury

• To print as many Bibles as possible with Gutenberg's printing press

• To rebuild the Pope's home that was destroyed in a fire