The Reformation

Why did reformers argue that the Catholic Church needed to be reformed?

• The Roman Catholic Church owned approximately 1/3 of all the land in Europe
• European kings had to do what the Roman Catholic Church said, or they risked excommunication
• The Roman Catholic Church sold indulgences
• All of these

He translated the Bible into English and criticized the Church for accumulating wealth and property

• John Wycliffe
• Jan Hus
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Martin Luther
• John Calvin

He believed in predestination, that faith alone is sufficient for justification and created a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland

• John Calvin
• John Wycliffe
• Jan Hus
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Martin Luther

He was a leader of the Reformation in Scotland from 1545 until his death in 1572 and helped establish Protestantism as the religion of Scotland.

• John Knox
• John Wycliffe
• Jan Hus
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Martin Luther

In 1517, he wrote a list of 95 arguments against indulgences

• Martin Luther
• John Wycliffe
• Jan Hus
• Desiderius Erasmus
• John Calvin

He wrote a book, In Praise of Folly, in 1509, that made fun of society and wanted the Catholic church to change, not for people to leave it

• Desiderius Erasmus
• John Wycliffe
• Jan Hus
• Martin Luther
• John Calvin

He was a Catholic priest from Prague who denounced the sale of indulgences and became a leader of church reformers that called for an end to church corruption and excessive papal power.

• Jan Hus
• John Wycliffe
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Martin Luther
• John Calvin

Belief that God has determined in advance who will be saved (the elect) and who will be condemned (the reprobate)

• Predestination
• Christian Humanism
• Salvation
• Indulgence
• Justification

Formerly a district in a city in which Jewish people were required to live

• Ghetto
• Predestination
• Christian Humanism
• Salvation
• Indulgence

A release from all or part of punishment from sin by the Catholic Church, reducing time in purgatory after death

• Indulgence
• Predestination
• Christian Humanism
• Salvation
• Justification