Reformation Vocabulary

The effort to reform the Catholic Church from within.

• Catholic Reformation

• Congregation

• Edict of Nantes

• Excommunicate

Church assembly.

• Catholic Reformation

• Congregation

• Edict of Nantes

• Excommunicate

King Henry IV issued this edict, granting religious freedom in most of France.

• Catholic Reformation

• Congregation

• Edict of Nantes

• Excommunicate

To officially exclude someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.

• Catholic Reformation

• Congregation

• Edict of Nantes

• Excommunicate

The sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government.

• Federalism

• Indulgences

• Ninety-Five Theses

• Purgatory

A relaxation of penalties for sins people had committed in exchange for money.

• Federalism

• Indulgences

• Ninety-Five Theses

• Purgatory

A list of propositions for the church written by Martin Luther. Some were protests against the selling of indulgences.

• Federalism

• Indulgences

• Ninety-Five Theses

• Purgatory

A place where souls went before they went to heaven. They would pay for their sins there and then go to heaven.

• Federalism

• Indulgences

• Ninety-Five Theses

• Purgatory

Most important Jesuit missionary that traveled throughout Asia in the mid 1500s, bringing Catholicism to India and Japan.

• Francis Xavier

• Huguenots

• Jesuits

• Lutherans

French protestants.

• Francis Xavier

• Huguenots

• Jesuits

• Lutherans