Reformation Vocabulary

Grievances

• something causing great sadness

• cause for a complaint or protest

• wanting something for personal gain

• relief that something went your way

salvation

• an ointment placed on wounds

• drooling because of hunger

• going to heaven, delivered from sin

• being joyful at something positive

corrupt

• acting dishonestly for personal gain

• losing all of your money

• helping someone do something good

• being brave

Erasmus

• wanted Bible written in the vernacular

• wrote the 95 Theses

• believed in predestination

• broke away from the church because he wanted a divorce

indulgences

• helping someone do something good

• doing something for your own personal gain

• a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins

• being thrown out of the church

turmoil

• doing something for your own personal gain

• a time of peace and prosperity

• to heat water until it bubbles

• state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

humanist

• a person who emphasizes the individual

• a person who believes that religion is bad

• a person who chooses religious life like a priest or nun

• a person who doesn't believe people should learn to think for themselves

Wycliffe

• wrote the 95 Theses

• believed that the Bible should be translated into the vernacular

• created the Church of England because the Pope wouldn't grant him a divorce

• believed in predestination

95 Theses

• List of grievances against the Catholic Church

• A book about a religious journey to Jerusalem

• List of reasons that the King should have power

• A book about a time traveler

Luther

• believed in predestination

• wrote the 95 Theses against the sale of indulgences

• created the Church of England because the Pope wouldn't grant him a divorce

• created a compromise between the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church