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chp 8 history
consider the historical importance of religion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the reformation? | the reformation began in germany in the 16th centuary as a protest against the abuses in the catholic church. |
| the causes of the reformation | 1 wealth of the church 2 influence of the renaissance 3 abuses in the catholic church 4the power of the kings and princes 5 the printing press |
| explain the wealth of the church? | by 1500, the catholic church had great wealth. in germany many people were jealous of this wealth. |
| explain the influence of the renaissance? | the rennaissance encouraged people to qusetion everything . many scholars could now read the bible for themselves. they criticized the catholic church and said that it was not following what was written in the bible |
| explain the abuses (corruption) of the catholic church | nepotism ,simony, pluralism , absenteeism, bad orginisation |
| nepotism deffinition | nepototism: many relations of nobels, cardinals and bishops were appointed to church offices or positions . |
| simony definition | simony: this was the buying and selling of church positions . |
| pluralism definition | pluralism: some cardinals and bishops had more than one diocese( area under control of a bishop). thid was called pluralism. each extra diocese provided more income or money for them. |
| absenteeism definiton | cardinals and bishops who had more than one diocese could only live in one of them ,so they were absent from others. this was called absenteeism as they neglected ther duties in absenteee diocese |
| bad organisation definition | . popes , cardinals and bishops behaved like princes . some built great palaces such as cardinal wolseys building of hampton court place in england. . preist were often undeducated and could not read the bible or could not preach |
| explain the power of the kings and princes? | they wanted to control the power of the infulence of the catholic church |
| explain the printing press | criticism of the catholic church was spread quickly through books and pamhlets |
| name a reformer | martin luther |
| who was martin luther? | martin luther was born in eislebenin germany in 1483. he joined the augustinian order to become a monk and preist. he later became a professor of theology (study of god)at wittenburg university in saxony. |
| what did luther beleive - going to heaven | he read that 'the just man shall live by faith alone' he said only faith in god would allow a person to go to heaven - this was called justification by faith |
| what sparked the reformation | john tetzel came to wittenburg to preach and sell indulgences . tetzel said that anyone can buy an indulgence to get to heaven. |
| what did luther do - 95 theses | luther objected to tetzels preaching. he wrote 95 theses ( arguments) against the sale of indulgences |
| why did people support luther | the 95theses were translated to german and were then printed . this made it much easier to spread luthers veiws all over germany |
| how did rome respond to luther | he met cardinal cajetan . luther refused to change his ideas.luther had a public debate with john eck, a theologian). in the debate , luther questioned the authority of the pope.the pope sent a papal bull excommunicating luther .he burned the papal letter |
| what happened at the diet of worms | charles V became holy roman emperor in 1519. charles called luther to the diet (parlement) of worms , near mainz germanyl; luther spoke befor the diet and refused to withdraw his teachings |
| what happened at wartburg castel | on luthers way home he was captured by soilders of fredrick the wise. that year he translated the new teastement and the old testement into german |
| the peace of augsburg 1555 | a civil and religious war broke out in germany and lasted nine years. the peace of augsburg (1555) brought the war to an end. |
| the catholic counter- reformation deffinition ? | the catholic counter was the effort made by the catholic church to reform itself and to stop the spread of prodistant religion. THE COUNCIL OF TRENT |
| the council of trent ? | pope paul III callled the cardinals/bishops together in the council of trent, they ruled on faith /discipline. as a result , the catholic religion remained the most important religion in europe. thePOPEScontrolOVERtheCATHOLICchurch WASstrengthened. |
| work of the council of trent? | FAITH :faith and good works- salvation.7 sacrements.preist were special people they could not mary DISCIPLINE(RULES) simnoy,nepotism,pluralism banned.catholics must be taught from catechism.images of christ/mary/saints to be placed in churches |