Martin & Henry
This is the list he wrote and posted on a church door, questioning the way the Catholic church thought about God and repentance.
What is the 95 theses?
The meaning of the word "Renaissance," which is the name for the period in history lasting from about 1450-1650, in which Greek and Roman ideas were brought back.
What is "rebirth?"
After the Reformation, the Catholic church divided into these two groups
What are Protestants and Catholics?
This was the first European to set foot in North America
Who is Leif Ericsson?
A member of the church of Islam
What is Muslim?
This Catholic practice was the one Martin Luther disagreed with the most.
What is the selling of indulgences?
Many people agree that this man's invention, which allowed books and information to become available to people all over the world, was the most influential one in history
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This was the term for someone who went against the teachings of the Catholic church
What is a heretic?
Multiple attempts by the Catholic church to recapture Jersalem
What are the Crusades?
A special room where monks copied books by hand
What is a scriptorium?
While doing this, Martin realized God's love for him did not depend on what he did, but that God loved him already.
What is reading the Bible?
These are 3 of the major areas in which European civilization advanced, or improved, during the Renaissance.
What are art, music, architecture, science, medicine, exploration, literature? (any 3 are acceptable)
This was an 18-year meeting held by the Catholic church to talk about their official beliefs
What is the Council of Trent?
God's judgment, earthquakes, evil spirits, and bad food were some reasons that people during the Middle Ages thought caused this malady (it actually came from a certain parasite)
What is the Black Death? (bubonic plague is also acceptable)
A family that rules in a place for many years
What is a dynasty?
This is the name of the church Henry VIII started after the Pope wouldn't give him permission to re-marry.
What is the Church of England?
Observing something, and then drawing conclusions from your observations
What is the scientific method?
The Reformation was an important step along the path to this meaningful event that would take place 300 years later, which impacted each of us in this room
What is the Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ by the prophet Joseph Smith?
This "power couple" ruled over the Byzantine empire, including its capital city of Constantinople, where mosaics of them can still be seen today
Justinian and Theodora
an uncivilized person who didn't take baths, live in a house, or cook their food
What is a barbarian?
The first name shared by half of Henry VII's wives
What is Catherine?
These four Renaissance men never knew that one day, four ninja turtles would be named after them.
Who are Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello?
The good people living here in Maple Valley might belong to any of these 5 churches or religions
What are Catholic, Presbyterian, Islam, Hinduism, Lutheran, Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Methodist, Judaeism, or Latter-day Saint? (any 5 are acceptable)
The rock where Muslim commander Tariq bin Ziyad stood to watch his ships come in (and then told his troops to burn them!)
The Rock of Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq also acceptable)
the scattering of a people from their homeland
What is diaspora?