Lesson 36-The Reformation Begins

How did Renaissance humanists contribute to the weakening of the Roman Catholic Church?

• They questioned accepted beliefs.

• They wrote poetry and plays.

• They studied ancient texts.

• They tried to elect a new Pope.

The practice of selling indulgences troubled many Catholics because the practice made it seem like

• People could buy forgiveness for sins.

• The Church was in economic trouble.

• The government had lost its authority.

• Anyone could buy a leadership position.

Simony upset many people. How might someone commit simony?

• By paying money to be the priest of a large parish.

• By breaking vows as a monk by getting married.

• By telling people that an ordinary object is a relic.

• By collecting taxes from poor people to give to the pope.

Which claim by the Catholic Church was a problem for monarchs?

• Priests did not have to obey the king

• Kings should stop fighting wars.

• The queen should pray every day.

• Actors should not perform on Sundays.

For several years there were two popes-

• One in France and one in Rome.

• One honest and one corrupt.

• One elected and one appointed.

• One Catholic and one Protestant.

How did the Western or Great Schism weaken the Catholic Church?

• I reduced respect for the papacy.

• It led to warfare between the sides.

• It cost parishes much of their wealth.

• It caused people to learn how to read.

Who might have said this quote: "I want to purify the church".

• An early church reformer.

• A devoted Catholic.

• A supporter of simony.

• An excommunicated clergy member.

What did John Wycliffe and several other reformers believe was the source of religious authority?

• The Bible.

• The Church

• The individual.

• The natural world.

Jan Hus wanted worship to be in the language of the people. What teaching of the Catholic Church did this oppose?

• The mass should be in Latin.

• All languages are equally good.

• Silent worship is more respectful.

• The monarch can choose the language.

Catherine of Siena helped prepare Europe for the Reformation by

• Showing that one can have a personal experience of God.

• Translating the Bible into Latin.

• Criticizing the wealth of the Church.

• Encouraging monarchs to take control of religious houses and the clergy.