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reformation vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reofrmation | the beginning of a movement in Christianity known as Protestantism |
| indulgence | reduced the church's punishment for a sin |
| Martin Luther | young monk who challenged the Roman Catholic Church |
| denomination | organized branch of Christianity |
| Desiderius Erasmus | leader of Christian humanism, scholar and clergyman |
| William Tyndale | believed people needed an English translation of the Bible |
| John Wycliffe | English priest who preached that Christians needed only to recognize Jesus Christ as a power above them, not the Pope |
| concluded | stated and final opinion |
| John Calvin | born in France and went to Paris to study theology |
| theology | study of questions about God |
| predestination | belief that no matter what people do, the outcome of their life is already planned |
| annul | cancel |
| seminary | special school for training priests |
| heresy | a religious belief that contradicts what the church says is true |
| divine right | their authority was granted to them directly from God, not through the papacy |