The Weakening of the Catholic Church
Definitions
Martin Luther
Early Calls for Reform
Other Leaders of Reformation
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What does the word Protestants come from?
What is protests against the church.
100
What is simony?
What is the selling or buying of positions in the Church.
100
Who is Martin Luther?
What is a German priest.
100
Who was an early reformer and a scholar from England?
Who is John Wycliffe.
100
Whose movement swept across Europe?
Who is Martin Luther.
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What were protestants protesting about the church?
What is authority of Church leaders and some of the Church's teachings
200
What is selling indulgences?
What is to release a person from punishment for their sins.
200
What are the 95 theses?
What is a list of Luther's arguments against indulgences and Church abuses.
200
What did Jan Hus emphasize?
What is wanted to purify the Church and return it to the people
200
What did Zwingli wanted Christians to focus solely on?
What is Zwingli wanted Christians to focus solely on the Bible. He attacked the worship of relics, saints, and images.
300
Why was the Peace of Augsburg important?
What is ended the religious wars between Catholics and Lutherans.
300
What is the Great Schism?
What is a division of the Church.
300
What religion did Martin Luther found?
What is Lutheranism.
300
What did Catherine of Siena do?
What is emphasized personal experience of God more than formal observances of the Church practices.
300
Which reformer taught that business success was a sign of God's grace?
Who is John Calvin.
400
How was the printing press used during the Reformation?
What is to spread new ideas, including translating the Bible into the common language.
400
What is denomination?
What is a particular religious group within a larger faith; for example, Lutheranism is one denomination within Christianity.
400
What did Luther think was the ultimate source of authority?
What is the Bible- not the pope or Church leaders.
400
What did early reformers want to do to the church?
What is early reformers wanted to get people to agree with them to change and improve the Church(to reform it.) They wanted to purify it, not destroy it.
400
What is King Henry VIII reasons for breaking with the Church?
What is his reasons for breaking with the Church were personal and political.
500
How did humanistic ideas weaken the church?
What is often based on non religious thinking, free thought, and questioning many accepted beliefs.
500
What is the Reformation?
What is a religious reform movement from the early 1500s to the 1600s that led to the formation of new Christian groups
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How did Luther believe that people could gain salvation?
What is through their faith in God.
500
What did Erasmus do to contribute to people wanting to leave Catholicism.
What is Desiderius Erasmus attacking on corruption in the Church.
500
How did William Tyndale spread his knowledge of the Bible?
What is to spread knowledge of the Bible, he translated the New Testament and parts of the Old Testament into English.