PROTESTANT REFORMATION

BIG IDEA: CHRISTIAN HUMANIST SEEK TO REFORM CHURCH-PROTESTANT FAITH

Section12.3

Protestant Reformation- Why • religious reform -divided Western (Catholic &

Protestant).• Why Reform

– questioning church - plague & crusades– corruption –clergy– Indulgences- $ for sins- push Christians over

the edge

Christian Humanism• intellectual thought

– goal reform Catholic Church. – believed human beings can reason &

improve themselves. – Inner piety– Desiderius Erasmus.

• 1516 Greek-Latin New Testament• Translated New Testament into

German 1st 1522.

Martin Luther (1517)• German monk

– Professor-University of Wittenberg– Outraged-indulgences

• 95 Theses 1517– Arguments against church

• Angered church-want Luther to recant

• Luther-excommunitcated–Declared outlaw (edict of

Worms)

The Rise of Lutheranism• Lutheranism-1st protestant faith

– Salvation-faith alone, not good rituals– Bible –truth-translated into German – All can equal access to God– 2 sacraments– Banned –indulgences, confession,

prayers to saints,…….– Sermon no mass– Clergy can marry

Politics in the German Reformation• Charles V, (Holy Roman emperor/Charles

I of Spain).• Goal-unity of empire – keep Catholic.

– Failed -distracting political problems.• 1534-peasant revolt-try to end

serfdom – End religious war/problems

• treaty Peace of Augsburg–accepted division of

Christianity»German state leaders choose

Catholicism or Lutheranism.

Section 3 Review• Who ruled Spain, the Austrian lands, and the

Low Countries?• Charles V• Belief in the ability of humans to reason and

improve themselves• Christian Humanism• Luther taught that justification by faith(being

made right before God) was the central idea of what?

• Protestantism

Section 3 Review• Acceptance into heaven• Salvation• Luther taught what about the selling of

indulgences?• It was wrong• Title held by Charles V• Holy Roman Emperor• He taught that Christianity should show

people how to lead good lives.• Erasmus

Section 3 Review• Release from punishment for sin• Indulgence• This recognized the division of Christianity in

Germany into Catholic and Lutheran states.• The Peace of Augsburg• Luther’s attack on abuses of the Church• The Ninety-five Theses