Holy Wordplay!
This movement for religious reform led to Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority.
Reformation
Followers of Martin Luther became known by this name.
Lutherans
This English king broke with the pope while seeking a male heir.
Henry VIII
This movement sought to reform the Catholic Church from within.
Catholic Reformation
French followers of Calvin were known by this name.
Huguenots
This term means the common language of a region rather than Latin.
Vernacular
This branch of Protestantism is based on John Calvin’s teachings.
Calvinism
This verb means to set aside a marriage as though it had never been legal.
Annul
Members of the Society of Jesus founded schools, sent missionaries, and opposed Protestant expansion.
Jesuits
This term describes a religious belief contrary to official Church teachings.
Heresy
This pardon released a sinner from a penalty imposed by a priest; selling it helped spark Luther’s protest.
Indulgence
This doctrine holds that God has known since the beginning of time who will be saved.
Predestination
Under Elizabeth I, the Church of England was also known by this name.
Anglican Church
This former soldier founded the Society of Jesus.
Ignatius of Loyola
This Church tribunal investigated and prosecuted accusations of heresy.
Inquisition
A Church member expelled for refusing to withdraw religious teachings experiences this action.
Excommunication
A city governed by religious leaders, like Calvin’s Geneva, has this type of government.
Theocracy
This 1534 law recognized Henry VIII, rather than the pope, as head of England’s Church.
Act of Supremacy
Meeting between 1545 and 1563, this council upheld faith and good works while banning the sale of indulgences.
Council of Trent
A country with an independent government and people united by shared culture, language, and national pride is this.
Nation-state
At Worms, Luther refused to do this—to take back his statements.
Recant
Unlike groups that baptized infants, these believers required people to be old enough to choose Christianity.
Anabaptists
Unlike a settlement allowing individuals to choose, this 1555 agreement let each German ruler decide his state’s religion.
Peace of Augsburg
To prevent the spread of ideas considered dangerous to Catholic faith, Paul IV ordered this list compiled in 1559.
Index of Forbidden Books
Identify both: the term for a person accused of opposing Church teachings, and the term for the opposing belief.
Heretic; heresy