People of the Reformation
A German priest who hung 95 arguments against the corruption of the Catholic Church on the Wittenburg church door.
Who is Martin Luther?
Catholics who bought these could have their sins forgiven and would spend less time in purgatory.
What is an indulgence?
This thesis claimed that Catholics were afraid of Purgatory which is why they bought indulgences.
What is thesis number 16?
A Renaissance invention that facilitated the spread of Protestant teaching and writings.
What is the printing press?
A humanist priest who began his own Protestant denomination in Genova Switzerland and believed in 'predestination.'
Who is John Calvin?
To be kicked out of the Catholic church. This happened to Martin Luther and even a French king.
What is excommunication?
This thesis claimed that forgiveness of sins should happen before and not after death.
What is thesis number 12?
At the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church started this religious order focused of missions.
What are the Jesuits?
An English priest who translated the bible into English. This translation was later used to create the King James version of the bible.
Who is William Tyndale?
The Catholic church's response to the Protestant Reformation. Here the church tried to correct abuses and solidify their teachings.
What is the counter-reformation (Catholic reformation)?
This thesis states that to think indulgences could be powerful enough to forgive someone for their worst sins would be crazy.
What is thesis number 75?
French protestants.
What are Huguenots?
A humanist priest who wrote the Praise of Folly, which criticized the Catholic church and called for a return to simple Christian goodness.
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
The treaty that ended the thirty years war and declared that rulers of countries could decide for themselves what religion their countries would be.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
This thesis states that the people of the church are not educated enough.
What is thesis number 56?
King Henry VIII's third and favorite wife who happened to give him a son (Edward VI).
Who is Jane Seymour?
An English philosopher who criticized the Catholic church and clergy over 200 years before Martin Luther.
Who is John Wycliffe?
The event that began the thirty years war.
This thesis questions the authority of the Pope to grant salvation.
What is thesis number 37?
"The Praise of Folly" uses a literary technique in which overexaggerated scenarios are meant to criticize something. This technique was called...
What is satire?