Luther

What were Indulgences?

• Prayers performed after eating to much food

• Leaders within the Catholic Church

• Pardons for sins sold by the Catholic Church

• Positions within the Catholic Church sold to the highest bidder

What was the Protestant Reformation?

• An attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.

• An attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.

• A call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.

• An argument over leadership of the Catholic Church that led to the election of 3 Popes

Martin Luther suggested which change to church practice?

• Printing the Bible in the vernacular so all could read it
• Installing statues of saints in churches.
•  Saying mass in Latin so the faithful would learn it.
• Increasing the sale of indulgences

What does excommunicated mean?

• You are poor

• You are excluded and thrown out of the church.

• You are an important member of the clergy.

• you re rich

What does reform mean?

• to change

• to make

• to do again

• to tell

Why were people who sided with Luther and the other reformers called Protestants?

• They protested against Luther.
• They protested against the Catholic Church.
• They accepted all Catholic teachings.
• They all wrote the Bible into German.

How did Martin Luther say people could get to heaven?

• by buying indulgences
• by giving money to the church
• by doing charity work
• by believing in God and following the Bible

M. Luther's intent in posting his theses was:

• To start his own religion

• To start a political revolution

• To force the Church to excommunicate him

• To reform the Catholic Church

The Protestant Reformation began in this country?

• Spain
• Germany
• Spain
• England

I was the Holy Roman Emperor who declared war on the protestants of Germany. Who am I?

• King Henry VIII

• Charles V

• John Calvin

• Pope Paul III