The Protestant Reform

Both Erasmus and Martin Luther wanted the Catholic Church to reform because

• they felt that they could do a better job of running it.

• the Catholic Church failed to get people into heaven.

• most ordinary people could not afford indulgences.

• there seemed to be corruption in the Catholic Church.

Luther's idea of justification by faith alone meant that

• good works gave people the justification to get into heaven.

• human beings went to heaven because they had faith in God.

• people needed both to have faith and do good works to get into heaven.

• there was no justification for getting into heaven without faith.

Luther finally broke with the Catholic Church because

• the Catholic Church insisted that he change his belief about faith alone.

• the newly elected emperor declared him an outlaw.

• he wanted to rule the German states in place of the princes.

• he wanted to be married and raise a family.

The first Protestant faith was based on

• German rulers' ideas.

• the ideas of the German peasants.

• Martin Luther's religious movement.

• Catholic mass in the state churches.

Which of the following was the first Protestant religion?

• Christian humanism

• Catholicism

• Lutheranism

• Modern Devotion