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Global 9
Protestant Reformation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protestant Reformation | A time period in the 1500s in Europe when individuals began to protest against the Catholic Church and demand reform to the church. |
| Martin Luther | a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. |
| 95 Theses | Arguments are written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church. They were posted on the door of his Wittenberg, Germany church on October 31, 1517. |
| Indulgence | a pass or pardon Catholics could purchase from the Church to be forgiven for their sins. |
| Simony | -the buying and selling of high church positions -corrupt practice that allowed lower-level priests to buy top positions in the church |
| John Calvin | -French lawyer who protested against the Catholic Church -founded a strict Protestant religion known as Calvinism |
| Predestination | -Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life from before they were born -In other words, people were predestined for heaven or hell |
| Catholic Counter-Reformation | The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation in which it tried to reform itself. |
| Henry VIII (1491-1547) | King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, and England's break with the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Anglican Church | Church of England set up in 1534; established by Henry VIII with himself as head, at least in part to obtain a divorce from his first wife |
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