Chap 3 Review

Why was the Church very important to Europeans in the Middle Ages before the Reformation? (choose all that apply)

• It provided the social glue to hold together communities

• It allowed them to think on their own

• It educated them

• It provided instruction for how to live in this world and the next

Beautiful cathedrals all across Europe were impressing buildings that showed the Church's....(choose all that apply)

• wealth

• care for the poor

• mercy

• power

TRUE OR FALSE: English was the the language of the Church

• True
• False

Why was having Latin being the language of a the Church (and what clergy used) an obstacle?
How could it lead to corruption or manipulation?

If you disobeyed or opposed Church teachings you could be charged with ___________

• recant

• clergy

• heresey

• treason

If you refused to recant (say you were wrong) what could happen?

• Be kicked out of the community (excommunicated)

• detention

• Thrown in jail

• killed

How did the church get wealthy?

• It sold Bibles

• people gave land

• they "sold" certificates called indulgenecs which offered release of punishment after death

• people tithed

  (gave a portion of their income)

What German monk saw corruption and wanted to reform the Church?

Reform in the "Reformation" means "to improve"

• True
• False

One of the results of the Reformation was that Europe was divided into religious lines: Protestants (Luther etc) and Catholic

• True
• False