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Reformation
European history 1500s -
Question | Answer |
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Erasmus | believed Christianity should show people how to live good lives, wrote "The Praise of Folly" |
salvation | accepted into heaven |
indulgence | certificate sold by the Catholic Church to release person from their sins |
Martin Luther | German monk, in 1517 posted 95 Thesis to protest the sale of indulgences, starts a new church |
celibacy | practice of no relationships, priests, monks and nuns took a vow of celibacy |
Justification by faith | Luther taught that only faith was required to reach heaven |
Anabaptists | preached adults should be baptized not infants |
predestination | belief that God has determined who will be saved in advance |
Calvin | started own faith, preached predestination |
Henry VIII | English king, creates the Church of England (Anglican) in 1534 |
Council of Trent | Catholic bishops met to discuss possible reforms, only make small changes |
vernacular | local language, Protestant groups wanted services and Bible in their vernacular |
Geneva | city in Switzerland, Calvin set up his faith there |
purgatory | between heaven and hell, Catholic belief rejected by Protestants |
theocracy | government run by a religion |