Catholic Reformation
Do Now: Grab worksheet from front table
Complete the EDUCATED GUESS box on the Anticipation Guide
You will finish the actual answer after today’s lesson
October 22, 2012
Catholic/Counter Reformation Pope Paul III During the 1530’s and
1540’s set out to revive the moral authority of the Church and end corruption within the papacy Appointed reformers
Council of TrentCreated in 1545, lasted about 20
yearsRemoved simony and indulgencesRe-affirmed papal authority and 7
sacramentsBible is major source of religious
truth, but NOT THE ONLYSet up schools to educate clergy,
stop corruption & challenge Protestant views
The InquisitionPope Paul III strengthened
the Inquisition with a direct impact on the Protestant threat
Church to get rid of heresies used secret testimony, torture, & execution
Result of Catholic reformationby late 1500’s Rome was more
virtuous/moral than the one Luther visited 70 years earlier
piety, religious art, and charity flourished all over Europe
helped stopped the Protestant tide in the end, Europe was still divided:
Protestant vs. Catholic
Religions of Europe
Connections to Todayweakened the Holy Roman Empirestarted many of the religions we have
todaykilled many people over religion idea of separation of church and state increased anti-Semitism
Mary – “Bloody Mary” Mother (Catherine of Aragon)
devout Catholic. Wanted England to remain Catholic
Marries her cousin Phillip II of Spain political marriage
Wanted to align Spain & England as Catholic countries
She was fat & ugly – rumored they never consummated the marriage
Phillip was only in England a few times
Mary – “Bloody Mary” Led the Protestant Inquisition Killed over 300 at the stake for being Protestant
leaders Including Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury
Had a half sister Elizabeth Advised to kill Elizabeth for political reasons Elizabeth was a loved Protestant Put in Tower of London for treason against the Queen Elizabeth never confessed Mary couldn’t kill her – had her “banished” under
close watch
Mary – “Bloody Mary” Mary thought she was pregnant Called Elizabeth out of house arrest to witness
the birth Turned out to be false (twice) On her death bed she begged Elizabeth to keep
England Catholic Elizabeth said she would “follow what her heart
believed” Elizabeth became Queen
Elizabeth Becomes Queen in 1558 Wanted religious settlement 1559: Parliament passed a
new Act of Supremacy which repealed the pro-Catholic laws of Mary’s reign
Established a monarch as the head of the English Church
Showed compromise and ambiguity to unite as many people as possible
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