Discontent with the Church of Rome

Four Doctrines that people disagreed with

1. DOCTRINE

• The belief that the wine and bread became the actual body and blood of Christ.

– This is called transubstantiation

• The belief that you had to do works as well as faith for salvation

• Practice that put other works on equal footing with the Bible

• People had to confess sins to priests

2. Persecution

• Roman Church authorized the Inquisition

– Church court set up to find and punish heretics

• Lying: $10-$25

• Stealing: $15-$35

• Disobeying your parents: $15-$45

• Disrespecting elders or classmates: $25-$50

3. Corruption

• Pope Boniface VIII said everyone had to submit to the pope in order to be saved.

• There were three popes at one time

• Sale of indulgences

– Paper that granted pardon from the punishment of sins

– Pope Leo X needed money to finish building St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

4. Dissatisfaction of the People

• People had to express dissatisfaction behind closed doors