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The Reformation
The Reformation in Germany and Outside of Germany
Question | Answer |
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What were the Causes of the Refomration | Wealth of Church Abuses - Nepotism, Simony, Pluralism, Absenteeism Bad Organisation Influence of the Renaissance The Printing Press Power Of Kings and Princes |
Nepotism | Employing family members to church positions |
Pluralism | Bishops and Cardinals had more than one diocese |
Absenteeism | A cardinal could only live in one diocese - absent from the others |
Bad Organisation | Popes/Cardinals behaved like princes....Priests were often uneducation |
Luther's 95 Theses | Complaints about the Catholic Church |
Wittenburg Castle | Where Luther nailed his theses |
Indulgences | These were pardon from sins |
John Tetzel | Sold Indulgences |
Guttenberg's printing press | Helped spread Luther's ideas |
Justification by faith alone | Luther believed you only had to believe in God to get to heaven |
Latin | The language Luther wrote his 95 Theses in |
Cardinal Cajetan | The cardinal who tried to persuade Luther to change his ideas |
John Eck | Luther had a public debate with him. Luther questioned the authority of the pope |
Papal bull | A letter sent from the Pope |
Excommunication | You are no longer allowed to receive the sacraments |
Burning of the Bull | Luther burned the bull and was excommunicated |
Charles V | This Holy Roman Emperor was asked to deal with Luther |
The Diet of Worms | A meeting of parliament to meet at Worms |
Edict | This ORDER was issued after the Diet of Worms |
Frederick the Wise | Ruler of Saxony - took Luther to Wartburg Castle |
Wartburg Castle | Luther spent a year here, translating the New Testament into German |
Protestants | Princes who Protested to the empire that they were allowed to practice their own religion |
Peace of Augsburg, 1555 | Each ruler was free to decide the religion of his or her state |
Result of Luther's Reformation 1. | Germany was divided along religious lines |
Result of Luther's Reformation 2. | Use of Vernacular language increased |
Vernacular language | Every day language |
Result of Luther's Reformation 3 | Literacy and education spread |
Result of Luther's Reformation 4. | Lutheranism is strongest in northern Europe. |