Vocabulary
the removal or reduction of certain punishments for sin, linked to a special act of penance
What is indulgence?
Founded the Luthern Church
Who is Martin Luther?
Launched the Counter-Reformation
Who was the Catholic Church?
What Calvanist called the people whose salvation had already been decided
Who were the Elect?
a person who challenges existing ideas in an institution
Who is a reformer?
Made himself head of the Church of England so that he could get a divorce
Who is King Henry VIII?
Launched in order to stop the spread of Protestantism and bring people back to the Catholic church
What was the Counter-Reformation?
More than 100,000 were forced out of Spain after being ordered to convert to Christianity
Who were the Jews?
an idea or opinion
What is a thesis?
Protected Martin Luther by hiding him in a faraway castle
Who is the Duke of Saxony?
The period of major changes for the Church and Christianity
What was Reformation?
Massacre due to Huguenots and Catholics religious wars
What was St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
a person who goes against the accepted teachings of a religion
What is a heretic?
Thought people could be saved through Jesus Christ alone
Who is Martin Luther?
Caused the leaders of the Catholic church to be afraid of losing power
What was the Protestant Reformation?
Catholic church tried to appeal to people through this type of art and music
What is Baroque?
the idea that a person's salvation has already been decided
What is predestination?
His followers were called Huguenots
Who is John Calvin (Calvinism)?
New ways of thinking led these individuals to question the authority of the church and its practices
Who were Reformers?
Ended the Holy Roman Empire as a major political force in Europe
What was the Treaty of Westphalia?
relating to a style of European art popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
What is baroque?
Posted the ninety-five theses on the church door
Who is Martin Luther?
Was key in spreading the ideas of Reformation
What was the Printing Press?
Queen that returned England to Catholicism
Who is Mary I?
a removal from a group or place in a sudden or violent way
What is purge?
Along with Martin Luther he also believed that people should only look to the Bible (sola Scriptura)
Who is John Calvin?
A time of debate over new and old ideas within the church
What is Reformation?
The war that lasted for decades between several countries in Europe due to religious conflict
What was the Thirty Years' War?