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Reformation
Term | Definition |
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Great Schism | the split in the church in 1378 |
indulgence | a pardon for sin |
Protestant | a Christian who broke with the Catholic Church |
Martin Luther | the man who called for reform and inspired opposition to the Church |
Reformation | the movement of opposition to the Catholic Church |
John Calvin | a French reformer |
federalism | The sharing of power between an organization and its members |
predestination | the belief that people are chosen for salvation before they are born |
St. Ignatius of Loyola | the founder of the Jesuits |
Inquisition | a court that investigated people who wandered from Catholicism |
Jesuits | a religious order established in the 1530s |
convert | to adopt a different religion |
covenant | an agreement |
missionary | a person who goes to foreign countries to do religious work |
Peace of Westphalia | the treaty recognizing permanent division of Western Europe into Catholic and Protestant nations |