Ninety-Five Theses
What was the Ninety-five theses?
A paper that listed things that the Church needed to fix.
What is the meaning of sola scriptura?
What are indulgences used for?
They are used to make penance and reconciliation for our sins.
What did Martin Luther believe?
That only faith in the love & mercy of God can justify sinners
What did Pope Leo do?
Excommunicated Martin Luther
What was the these seen as in the eyes of the Church?
A challenge of the beliefs of the Church
What is the meaning of sola fide?
Humankind is justified by faith alone
What are partial indulgences?
Why was Martin Luther excommunicated from the Church?
He refused to revoke his These
What did Calvin believe?
That people were predestined to heaven or hell
What is Thesis 40?
Truly repentant sinners will deal with the penalties of their sins and do better, not pay them away
What is the meaning of sola gratia?
Salvation comes through divine grace alone
What are plenary indulgences?
Indulgences that removes one's time in purgatory all together
What was Martin Luther's career title?
Augustinian priest
What did King Henry VIII do?
He separated from the Catholic Church, creating the Church of England, so that he could divorce his wife.
How did the Church respond to the theses?
The Church refused reform and ignored Luther's ideologies
What is the Protestant Reformation?
A religious reformation in Europe during the 1500's
True or False:
The Church never supported the selling of indulgences.
True
Who was Martin Luther before the Ninety-five theses?
Who told King Henry to not separate from the Catholic Church?
Saint Thomas Moore
True or False:
The Church never acknowledged the Ninety-five Theses.
False
Who were the main conflicts during the Reformation?
The Catholic Church and Martin Luther
Do Catholics believe in faith alone or faith and works?
Faith and works
What does Luther think should be in place of buying indulgences?
Giving to the poor, lending to the needy, and committing better actions
Name the monk that split from the Catholic Church and the monk that split from that Church.
Martin Luther and Calvin