Vocabulary
Opposition to the clergy.
What is anticlericalism?
French Calvinists
Huguenots
A document issued by the Catholic Church lessening penance or time in purgatory, widely believed to bring forgiveness of all sins.
What is indulgence?
The name originally given to followers of Luther, which came to mean all non-Catholic Western Christian groups.
Who are the Protestants?
Catholic and Protestant moderates who held that only a strong monarchy could save France from total collapse.
What are politiques?
Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith.
Who are the Jesuits?
A document issued by Henry IV of France in 1598, granting liberty of conscience and of public worship to Calvinists, which helped restore peace in France.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
The official Roman Catholic agency was founded in 1542 to combat international doctrinal heresy.
What is the Holy Office?
The teaching that God has determined the salvation or damnation of individuals based on his will and purpose, not on their merit or works.
What is predestination?
The alliance of seven northern provinces (led by Holland) that declared its independence from Spain and formed the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
What is the Union of Utrecht?