100 Years War (Strong King) and Black Death

Scientific Advances (Renaissance) which contradicted the Church

Humanism caused people to start questioning the Catholic Church

The Corruption within the Catholic Church

Prior to the Reformation all Christians in Western Europe were Roman

Catholic

People like Martin Luther wanted to get rid of the corruption and restore the

people’s faith in the church

The [REFORM]ation was an attempt to REFORM the Catholic Church

In the end the reformers, like Luther, established their own religions

The Reformation caused a split in Christianity with the formation of these new Protestant religions

Martin Luther

Henry VIII

John Calvin

Lived from 1483-1546 in Germany

A sudden religious experience inspired him to become a monk

Father encouraged him to study law

He became troubled over the possibility of not going to heaven

In the Bible he found the answer he was looking for

He turned to the Bible, and confession for comfort

A list of things he thought were wrong with the Catholic Church (95 Complaints)

Indulgences (Catholic concept of Salvation)

The Extreme Wealth of the Church

The Power of the Pope

He criticized:

Posted his 95 Theses on Church doors in Germany

Gained support from people and criticism from Church

Gutenberg’s Printing Press made it possible for Luther to spread his beliefs

The Diet of Worms

Luther went into hiding where he translated the New Testament into German – spreading his beliefs even further

Luther burned the order and was excommunicated

1520 Pope Leo X order Luther to give up his beliefs

He was the Pope during the height of the corruption

Anti-Catholic

Created his own Protestant religion in Switzerland

Disagreed with Luther’s “Salvation through faith alone.”

Influenced by Martin Luther

Calvin believed in:

At birth it is decided if you will go to heaven

Salvation through Predestination

Foreknowledge

No drinking, swearing, card playing, gambling etc..

Purified approach to life:

God knows everything that will happen in your life

•King of England

•Originally attacked Martin Luther’s ideas

•Wanted a son to take over the throne of England

• His first wife only gave birth to one daughter and couldn’t have anymore children

• Wanted to have his marriage annulled so he could remarry

Matrimony = Sacrament (illegal in the eyes of the Catholic Church)

• Pope refuses annulment

• Henry VIII creates his own church.

• Anglican Church - (Monarch is the head of this new church)

Results of theResults of the Reformation Reformation

Results of theResults of the Reformation Reformation

Catholic Church losses power

Calvinism spreads to other countries (France, Scotland, Holland, England, Germany)

More people were able to read the bible

Results of theResults of the Reformation Reformation

England no longer influenced by Pope

England, one of the strongest countries, becomes Protestant

Started the Catholic Reformation

Practice Questions

Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses were a call forMartin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses were a call for

-crusades to spread Christianity

-greater papal authority

-reforms within the Roman Catholic Church

-religious revolt against the German princes

Practice Questions

In Western Europe, a major immediate effect In Western Europe, a major immediate effect of the Reformation was aof the Reformation was a

-decline in religious unity and in the power of the Catholic Church

-decrease in educational opportunities for the middle class

-greater tolerance of religions other than Christianity

-renewed domination of the Catholic Church over the German states

Practice Questions

During the Renaissance, which development During the Renaissance, which development contributed most to the Protestant contributed most to the Protestant

Reformation?Reformation?

-attention to realism and detail

-questioning of traditional authority

-advances in mathematics and science

-interest in Ancient Greece and Rome

Practice Questions

“Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason... my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will hot recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.” —Martin Luther, Diet of Worms (1517)

-the need for nepotism

-maintaining the unity of the Church

-imprisoning those who disagreed with Church teachings

-the supremacy of the Bible over Church policies

When Martin Luther said When Martin Luther said “my conscience is captive “my conscience is captive to the Word of God,”to the Word of God,” he was referring to his belief in he was referring to his belief in