vocabulary- Chapter 12 The Reformation

Reformation

• a movement for change against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517; it resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

• a document given by the pope that excused a person from penalties for sins he or she had committed.

• a way of doing something

• the effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to reform the Catholic Church from within; also called the Counter-Reformation.

indulgence

• a document given by the pope that excused a person from penalties for sins he or she had committed.

• a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517; it resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

• a way of doing something

• the effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to reform the Catholic Church from within; also called the Counter-Reformation

Martin Luther

• German priest credited with starting the Reformation when he nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church (the 95 Theses) to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany

• a Christian who protested against, and separated themselves from, the Roman Catholic Church

• Christian reformer, he taught about predestination, living good lives and obeying God's laws. He had a large influence in the Puritans who would settle in North America.

• Jesuit priest and missionary, he introduced Catholicism to parts of India and Japan.

Purgatory

• In Catholic teaching, a place where souls went before they went to heaven.

• a way of doing something

• a Christian who protested against, and separated themselves from, the Roman Catholic Church.

• a document given by the pope that excused a person from penalties for sins he or she had committed.

Protestant

• a Christian who complained against, and separated themselves from, the Roman Catholic Church

• members of a Catholic religious order created to serve the pope and the church by teaching a strong Catholic education.

• a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517

• the effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to reform the Catholic Church from within

John Calvin

• Christian reformer, he taught about predestination, living good lives and obeying God's laws. He had a large influence in the Puritans who would settle in North America.

• German priest credited with starting the Reformation when he nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church (the 95 Theses) to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.

• Jesuit priest and missionary, he introduced Catholicism to parts of India and Japan.

• King of England, he split with the Catholic Church and declared himself head of the Church of England, or Anglican Church

King Henry VIII

• King of England, he split with the Catholic Church and declared himself head of the Church of England, or Anglican Church.

• Christian reformer, he taught about predestination, living good lives and obeying God's laws. He had a large influence in the Puritans who would settle in North America.

• German priest credited with starting the Reformation when he nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church (the 95 Theses) to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany

• Spanish noble and saint, he founded the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits.

Catholic Reformation

• the effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to fix the Catholic Church from within; also called the Counter-Reformation

• a change movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517; it resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

• an assembly of people who belong to a church

• a decree issued in 1598 by King Henry IV that granted religious freedom in most of France.

Edict of Nantes

• a decree issued in 1598 by King Henry IV that granted religious freedom in most of France.

• a document given by the pope that excused a person from penalties for sins he or she had committed.

• an assembly of people who belong to a church

• the effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to reform the Catholic Church from within; also called the Counter-Reformation.

Ignatius of Loyola

• Spanish noble and saint, he founded the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits.

• Jesuit priest and missionary, he introduced Catholicism to parts of India and Japan.

• German priest credited with starting the Reformation when he nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church (the 95 Theses) to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.

• Christian reformer, he taught about predestination, living good lives and obeying God's laws. He had a large influence in the Puritans who would settle in North America.