3. The Protestant Reformation

World History ClassBilingual Project by:

Hortencia Tijerina Treviño

Introduction

Main ideas:

The mayor goal of humanism in Northern Europe was to reform Christendom.

Martin Luther’s religious reforms led to the emerge of Protestantism.

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The Protestant Reformation is the name given to the religious reform movement that divided The western Church into Catholic and Protestant groups.

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Christian Faiths

Catholicism

Was created by the apostle Peter after

Christ's death

The Pope is the Vicar of Christ (Substitute

of Christ)

Protestantism No human is comparable to Christ and that Christ is still the head authority over the church.

Was started by Martin Luther, a German monk.

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Desiderius Erasmus was a Christian Humanist. He called his view of religion “The philosophy of Christ”. He said Christianity should show people how to live good lives. He criticized the abuses of the Catholic Church.

The Popes were more interested in Italian politics than spiritual situations.

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Ordinary people desired information to obtain salvation. This process became almost mechanical.

relicrelic

indulgence

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Martin Luther was a monk and professor at the University of Wittenberg, in Germany, where he lectured on the Bible.

He believed that people obtained salvation through their faith in God NOT by buying indulgences.

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Luther sent a list of 95 Thesis to his superiors. The theses were an intelligent attack on abuses in the sale of indulgences.

Thousands of copies were distributed in Germany.

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The Roman Emperor Charles V wanted to convince Luther to change his ideas, but Luther refused. Luther was declared enemy of the state.

The Edict, issued on May 25, 1521, in the city of Worms in southwest Germany.

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Luther’s religious movement became a revolution.Many German rulers accepted and supported Luther’s ideas so they took control of the Catholic churches in their territories.Luther created new religious services.

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1555: the Peace of Augsburg.This agreement accepted the division of Christianity in Germany.The states were free to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism.They were to have the same legal rights.