CH. 12-The Protestant Reformation

Who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation?

• John Calvin

• Henry VIII

• John Wycliffe

• Martin Luther

In 1305, a powerful French king moved the center of the Church from Rome to _________ in France, and appointed a French pope.

• Paris

• Avignon

• Marseille

• Nice

The split in the Catholic Church is known as the Great _______.

• Divide

• Split

• Reunification

• Schism

Church officials sold ________, which relaxed the punishment for a sin.

• indulgences

• exclusions

• heresies

• convents

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed a list of protests, known as the ________ to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.

• Peace of Westphalia

• 95 Theses

• Council of Trent

• Treaty of Augsburg

The 95 Theses included the idea that the Bible was the only source of religious truth and that priests were not needed to interpret its words.

• true

• false

Those who supported Luther’s ideas would be called __________.

• Believers

• Reformers

• Protestants

• Calvinists

After Luther made the 95 Theses public, Pope Leo X demanded that the monk take back his statements. Luther refused and was excommunicated, or cut off, from the Church.

• true

• false

As people interpreted the Bible for themselves, their differing beliefs led to the development of many branches, or _________, of Protestant religions.

• predestinations

• schisms

• indulgences

• denominations

The belief that people are chosen for salvation before they are even born.

• predestination

• reformation

• inquisition

• counter-reformation