According to the Catholic Church, a place where souls wait before entering heaven

A proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved, think Martin Luther and his ninety-five

Granted by the pope to lessen the time spent in purgatory due, in order to declare someone free of sins

A religious war between Catholics and Protestants in Europe

The efforts by the Catholic Church to make changes or reform the Catholic Church

Christian place of worship

An agreement after the Thirty Years' War allowing rulers of countries to decide for themselves if they would be Protestant or Catholic

A person sent to spread a particular religion, for example Christianity to non-Christian people

A period of change in Christianity in Europe

A Catholic religious order that had the goal of spreading Catholic ideas in order to turn people against Protestants and win back Catholics in Europe

The branch of Christianity that observes the pope as their holy leader