YR 9 REVISION - MARTIN LUTHER & INDULGENCES

1. Martin Luther is believed to have started which major event in 1517?

• The Protestant Reformation

• The French Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

The document Martin Luther is said to have nailed to the church door in Wittenberg was called:

• The Ninety-Five Theses

• The Magna Carta

• The Edict of Worms

• The Augsburg Confession

Luther strongly opposed which practice by the Catholic Church, especially when Johann Tetzel came to Germany?

• The sale of indulgences

• The translation of the Bible into German

• The construction of new cathedrals

• The appointment of bishops by the Pope

The purpose of indulgences according to the Catholic Church at the time was:

• to reduce the punishment for sins in the afterlife

• to increase church attendance

• to raise money for building new churches

• to guarantee entry into heaven regardless of actions

Luther believed that the only way to achieve salvation was:

• by faith alone

• by performing good works

• by following church rituals

• by purchasing indulgences

Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X in which year?

• 1517

• 1521

• 1530

• 1505

The assembly where Luther refused to recant his beliefs and was declared a heretic was called:

• Diet of Worms

• Council of Trent

• Diet of Augsburg

• Council of Constance

While in hiding, Luther made the Bible more accessible to ordinary people by:

• translating it into German

• writing new religious laws

• destroying old manuscripts

• printing it in Latin

What was the name of the religious movement that grew out of Luther’s teachings?

• Lutheranism

• Calvinism

• Anglicanism

• Catholicism

What was one key belief that set Luther apart from the Catholic Church, regarding authority and the Bible?

• That all Christians were equal before God and that the Bible, not the Pope, was the ultimate source of religious truth.

• That the Pope was infallible and should be obeyed without question.

• That only priests could interpret the Bible for the people.

• That church traditions were more important than the scriptures.