The Protestant Reformation

I protest

100 Years War and Black Death

Scientific Advances which contradicted the Cathiolic Church

The Corruption within the Catholic Church - selling indulgences – paying $$ for a pardon of sins or reward for good behavior

Catholic Church HierarchyGod

Pope

Cardinals

Archbishops

Bishops

Priests and Monks

Laity – not in the church

Protestant = someone who protestedthe Catholic ChurchReformation = when people demandchanges

The Protestant Reformation began b/c…

The Church made Protestants say

I MAD

I – Indulgences: certificates that take away sin (church is selling forgiveness to make $$)

M – Merchants: merchants want usury (lending $ and charging interest – Catholic Church says usury is wrong)

A – Absolute power of & wealth of the Church

D – Domination of Church by Italians (angered Germans and English)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

John Calvin

Henry VIII

F– faith saves people, not good works

U – Ultimate authority for Christians is the Bible

N – Nobody is more important in God’s eyes, all humans are equal before God (no hierarchy)

“The righteous shall by his faith.”

Luther realized that only faith (in the ultimate goodness of Jesus), not good deeds, could save a person. No good works, rituals, etc. would save a person if they did not believe.

Know as:

Salvation by faith alone

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

He criticized:

The Power of the Pope

The Extreme Wealth of the Church

Indulgences

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

Posted his 95 Theses on Church doors in Germany

Gained support from people and criticism from Church

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5AJr0wls0

•The first thing printed on Gutenberg’s press was the Bible.

•This is a picture of a page from one of Gutenberg’s Bibles.

The Diet of Worms1520 Pope Leo X ordered Luther to give up his beliefsLuther burned the order and was excommunicatedLuther went into hiding where he translated the New Testament into German – spreading his beliefs even further

He was the Pope during the height of the corruption

Supported by Northern German Princes who accepted Luther’s ideas ending the authority of the Pope in their states

Lutheranism was formed

His ideas hit the Church w/a: POW

Predestination -God chooses who goes to

heaven, you don’t get there by good works

Our moral lives will reveal if we’re chosen by God to go to heaven or hell

Work ethic, righteous life that honors God

Calvin believed in:

Salvation through Predestination

At birth it is decided if you will go to heaven or hell

Purified approach to life:

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

Started in Switzerland – they are known as Calvinists

• DAD of the Church of England

• Divorce: Henry wants one but Pope says no. Which letter of I MAD probably made Henry mad?

• Anglican Church – Henry is in charge – no Pope

• Did away with Catholic Church’s land & wealth in England

Began reign as devout Catholic

He and his wife (Catherine of Aragon) had a daughter Mary, but no male heir

Convinced that Catherine could no longer have children, Henry wanted to divorce Catherine

The Pope could annul (set aside) a marriage, but refused to do so

Called Parliament into session and asked it to pass laws to end Pope’s power in England and legalize Henry’s divorce

Wife/Children Death Catherine of Aragon –

Mary IDivorced

Anne Boleyn – Elizabeth I

Beheaded

Jane Seymour – Edward

Died

Anne of Cleves – none

Divorced

Catherine Howard – none

Beheaded

Catherine Parr – none Survived

Henry, Henry, Henry

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGzHsye71c

Daughter of Henry VII and Anne Boleyn

Combined Catholic styles w/Protestant teaching to please both religions

Elizabeth I makes Anglican Church the official church of all of Great Britain

PuritanHuguenots

Presbyterian