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Martinluther
Term | Definition |
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Reformation | A period of religious changes that lead to a division among Christians |
Protestants | Christians that disagree with the teachings of the Catholic curch |
Pops | Head of the church |
Cardinals | Elect the pope and help the pope run the church |
Dioceses | Every country in Europe Was split into dioceses each diocese was run by a bishop. Dioceses were divided by parishes |
Tithe | A tax payed to the Catholic church |
Salvation | Wanting to go to heaven when u died |
nepotism | Appointing a relative to an important position in the church whether or not they were suitable to that role |
Simony | The practice of selling church positions |
Pluralism | Holding more than one position of power in the church at a time |
Absenteeism | When the bishop or priest did not live in there dioce or parish |
Indulgences | Buying the forgiveness of your sins it was believed that you would skip purgatory if you bought indulgences and you would go go straight to heaven |
Justification by faith alone | Luther's believe that a person was saved by faith alone |
95 theses | A list of things that Luther thought was wrong with the teachings of the Catholic church |
Heretic | A person who spoke out against the church |
Excommunicate | To be expelled from the church |
Holy Roman empire | The title given to the German king |
Diet | Meeting of the Princes of the holy Roman empire |
Edict | A law passed by the holy Roman empire |
Outlaw | A person outside a protection of the law |
Counter reformation | The response of the Catholic church to the spread of protestantism |