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The Reformation Period
Martin LutherJohn Calvin
King Henry VIII
What led to the Reformation? • The issue of indulgences:
• What are indulgences:• The reduction or elimination of
temporal punishment for sins confessed and forgiven in the sacrament of reconciliation.
• Why was its use allowed?• To collect money to build St. Peter’s
basilica in Rome • What was the problem with the
use/abuse of indulgences?• Important church leaders used the
money to cover personal needs • Such as Prince Archbishop
Albert who used it for his own benefit because he owned money
Life after death• The places: heaven, hell,
purgatory• Purgatory means cleansing • Indulgences were sold with
the idea that people would be spending less time in purgatory
• Plenary indulgences were also sold– A plenary indulgence
removes all temporal punishment due to sin• Some of the money was also
used for the building of St. Peter’s basilica
“Reform the Church”• Martin Luther was a
Catholic priest• Belonged to an Augustinian
religious order• Wrote the 95 Thesis
– was a letter, written respectfully to Prince Archbishop Albert
– Criticizes misunderstanding caused by indulgences, Simony, Corruption in mid-level clergy, etc.
• Translated the bible into German
• Pope Leo X– Wrote Exgurge Domine
• A document excommunicating Martin Luther from the church
Diet of Worms• A gathering to put Luther in trial and make him
repent for what he wrote
• After the Diet of Worms and the excommunication of Luther, the Peasants’ revolt occurred.– Series of uprisings by
German peasants against their landowner
– However, Luther did not agree with the Peasants’ revolt because the peasants abuse the revolts to create more chaos
A new movement emerged• Protestantism emerged• Protestant means one who protests • Non-Lutheran churches were called Reformed
churches
Martin Luther’s teachings• Sola scriptura
– Means scripture alone– It affirms that whatever is needed for salvation is found in the Bible
• Faith alone is necessary for salvation• Justification by faith
– Means that faith in God/Christ justifies/saves us by being in grace with God/Christ
– There is nothing we can do or buy to be saved
Peace of Augsburg
• Was a decree indicating that the prince or king of each state could select either Catholicism or Lutheranism as the official religion for his territory
Reformation period
• Refers to the series of events such as the issue of selling indulgences – that led the church
of the West (Rome) to break into different denominations• Western schism
Western Schism Christianity
Western Churches Eastern ChurchesRoman Protestant: Non-Traditional: Orthodox: Non-Orthodox:Catholic Lutheran Mormon Greek Armenian
Anglican Christian Science Russian Coptic Calvinist Jehovah’s witnesses Serbian Ethiopian Sectarian: African Independent Other Nestorian Baptist Unitarian Other Methodist Unity Quaker Unification Pentecostal Other other
Other Reformers
John Calvin King Henry VIII
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