What Augustinian friar wrote a list of 95 propositions to the Roman Catholic church in an attempt to reform its corrupt practices?
Martin Luther
What gave a release from all or part of punishment for sin by the Catholic church, reducing time in purgatory after death?
indulgences
Queen Elizabeth I, the queen after Queen Mary I was what religion?
Anglican
What was the doctrine espoused by John Calvin that all events have been willed by God?
predestination
Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were?
the Church and ancient scholars.
What French reformer based in Geneva became one of the most influential Protestant leaders of all time?
John Calvin
What triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England?
Henry VIII wanted a divorce.
Martin Luther attacked the abuses of the Catholic church by:
Nailing his 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenberg
What did Martin Luther do that began the Reformation in the 16th century?
Nailing a list of grievances to a door
New scientific knowledge and understandings that developed during the Scientific Revolution were most often based on
observation and experimentation.
Henry VIII daughter, Mary, remained what religion?
Catholic
What invention fanned the flame of religious change during the Protestant Reformation?
Movable type printing press
In the Catholic Church what is the closest thing to God?
Pope
what did the Anabaptist believed the Catholic church was doing wrong?
Baptizing children at birth
The calculations of astronomer/mathmatician Johannes Kepler showed that
the planets move around the sun in oval/elliptical orbits.
According to Luther, how were human being saved?
justification by faith
Father of the English Navy and started Protestant Reformation in England?
King Henry VIII
Why did the main Protestant leaders focus on educating the public?
To better understand the Bible
What was the intention of the 95 Theses?
An invitation to debate the validity of indulgences
Which scientist is most directly associated with formulating this view of the solar system?
Copernicus
What event took place in Luther's early life that made him decide to become a monk?
Being caught in a severe thunderstorm and fearing for his life
What was the outcome of the Diet of Worms?
Luther was declared an outlaw
In 1520 Pope Leo X ordered Luther to give up his beliefs. What did Luther do with this order from the Pope?
Luther burned the order and was excommunicated
What trend at the time encouraged the spread of the Protestant Reformation?
The intellectual freedom of the Renaissance
What is a geocentric model of our space?
the Earth is at the center of the Universe