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Reformation Vocab
Reformation
Term | Definition |
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Reform | making changes to attempt to make something better |
Indulgences | a document from the pope that said a person's sins were forgiven |
Heretic | someone who has different beliefs than those accepted by the church |
Diet | council of nobles and church officials |
Reformation | a reform movement against the Catholic Church |
Nepotism | showing favoritism to family members |
Excommunicated | excluded from a church |
Protestants | a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation |
Predestination | a belief that those who would go to heaven had been chosen before they were born |
Ninety-Five Theses | Martin Luther's list of 95 critiques of the Roman Catholic Church |
Counter-Reformation | also known as the Catholic Reformation. This was an attempt by church leaders to reform the Catholic Church from within |
Huguenots | French Protestants |
Jesuit | a religious order created to serve the pope and the church |