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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Printing Pres | it helped spread ideas of reformer like martin Luther to fight against the church |
| Reformation | a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches |
| Simony | The buying or selling positions within the church |
| Nepotism | The appointing of relatives to church jobs without merit |
| Pluralism | Holding more than one church job at the same time |
| Absenteeism | Priest or bishop being absent from their parish or diocese for a long time |
| The Sale Of Indulgence | The church began to sell special prayers called indulgence that were said to reduce the time a soul spent in purgatory |
| Celibacy | Priest couldn't marry or father children |
| Papal bull | A formal letter and command threating anyone who goes against the church |