Reformation

Reformation

• In 1534 he declared that he would no longer obey the pope and he declared himself to be the head of the Church of England which became the Anglican Church.
• In 1600 Spain, France, and Portugal were mostly Catholic.
• A call to the leaders of the Catholic Church to end corruption in the church. It began with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and eventually led to the formation of several Protestant churches.
• The Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of Protestantism in the late 1500s and the 1600s.

Indulgences

• To cause someone to adopt a different religion.
• This pope was angered by Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and ordered Martin Luther to leave the Holy Roman Empire.
• Fees the church could charge to forgive people of their sins. As a result the church became wealthy.
• A religious and political leader in the 1500s in Switzerland who taught people to only obey God. He believed in predestination.

Protestant

• A religious order founded by the Catholic Church to teach people about the Catholic religion.
• A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church.
• This Spanish priest founded the Jesuits and was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation.
• In response to the Protestant Reformation the Catholic Church established the Counter Reformation to reform the church and created the Spanish Inquisition to punish Protestants.

Counter Reformation

• In response to the Protestant Reformation the Catholic Church established the Counter Reformation to reform the church and created the Spanish Inquisition to punish Protestants.
• To cause someone to adopt a different religion.
• The Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of Protestantism in the late 1500s and the 1600s.
• A person sent by the church to carry out particular activities. Catholic missionaries traveled the world baptizing millions of people.

Spanish Inquisition

• A call to the leaders of the Catholic Church to end corruption in the church. It began with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and eventually led to the formation of several Protestant churches.
• The Protestant Reformation was caused, in part, because people believed that the pope was too involved in politics and that indulgences were immoral.
• A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church.
• Refers to the period when Spanish monarchs punished Muslims, Jews, and Protestants.

Jesuits

• Members of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 1500s and 1600s.
• The Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of Protestantism in the late 1500s and the 1600s.
• A religious order founded by the Catholic Church to teach people about the Catholic religion.
• An English professor in the 1500s who was a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation. He created an English version of the New Testament. He was executed by Catholic officials.

Council of Trent

• A person sent by the church to carry out particular activities. Catholic missionaries traveled the world baptizing millions of people.
• A 16th Century series of meetings to reform the Catholic Church and to make clear the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism.
• Martin Luther's thoughts about the problems of the Catholic Church. It attacked indulgences and held that the Bible should be the main source of religious truth.
• A European religious war in the 1600s that saw thirty years of bloodshed between Catholics and Protestants.

Thirty Years' War

• To cause someone to adopt a different religion.
• A 16th Century series of meetings to reform the Catholic Church and to make clear the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism.
• The Protestant Reformation was caused, in part, because people believed that the pope was too involved in politics and that indulgences were immoral.
• A European religious war in the 1600s that saw thirty years of bloodshed between Catholics and Protestants.

Ninety-Five Theses

• The Protestant Reformation was caused, in part, because people believed that the pope was too involved in politics and that indulgences were immoral.
• In 1534 he declared that he would no longer obey the pope and he declared himself to be the head of the Church of England which became the Anglican Church.
• Martin Luther's thoughts about the problems of the Catholic Church. It attacked indulgences and held that the Bible should be the main source of religious truth.
• The Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of Protestantism in the late 1500s and the 1600s.

Predestination

• A religious order founded by the Catholic Church to teach people about the Catholic religion.
• John Calvin's belief that God knows who will be saved before they are even born.
• In response to the Protestant Reformation the Catholic Church established the Counter Reformation to reform the church and created the Spanish Inquisition to punish Protestants.
• An agreement between two parties or a church to do, or not do, a specified activity.