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Protestant Reform
Here are the terms for the Protestant Reformation
Term | Definition |
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Reformation | a reform (change) movement of Western Christianity |
Indulgence | a grant by the Pope to lessen the time spent in purgatory due, in order to absolve (declare free from blame, guilt or responsibility) sins |
Purgatory | in Catholic teaching purgatory, was a place where souls went before entering heaven |
Church | a Christian place of worship |
Catholic | the first branch of Christianity that observes the Pope as their holy leader |
95 Thesis | A proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved. Martin Luther hung ninety-five theses (plural) on the church wall in Wittenberg, Germany, revealing what he believed to be the corruptions of the Catholic Church. |
Protestants | those who sided with Martin Luther (see above) and protested the Catholic Church |
Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation) | the efforts by the Catholic church to make changes or reform the Catholic Church |
Jesuits | 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 |
Missionaries | people sent on a religious mission, typically to promote Christianity in a foreign country |
Thirty-Years War | a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in Europe |
Treaty of Westphalia | an agreement after the Thirty Years’ War allowing rulers of countries to decide for themselves if they would be Protestant or Catholic |