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What factors Led to the protestant reformation?

What factors Led to the protestant reformation?. Re Formation= to form again. Tetzel was raising money to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Sold indulgences.

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What factors Led to the protestant reformation?

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  1. What factors Led to the protestant reformation? Re Formation= to form again

  2. Tetzel was raising money to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. • Sold indulgences

  3. In response to Luther wrote the 95 Thesis which he tacked to the Castle church in Wittenberg. He invited people to debate them with him. • His thesis was copied down and taken to a printer. • Word spread quickly.

  4. Highlights: • People could win salvation only by faith in God’s gift of forgiveness. (Good works) • All church teachings should be clearly based on the Bible. (Pope and church tradition didn’t count.) • All people of the faith were equal. (Didn’t need priests to intercede for them.)

  5. Charles V is the Holy Roman Emperor (Controls German states) • Issues the Edict of Worms saying that no one can shelter or feed Luther.

  6. Prince Fredric The Wise disobeys and Luther spends a year at his castle translating the NewTestament into intoGerman.

  7. MEANWHILE… • Luther went back to Wittenberg and discovered that he had followers calling themselves Lutherans.

  8. Peasants try to take advantage of the situation and revolt. • Luther sides with the princes. • Peasants feel betrayed. • Noble Princes get grand ideas and want to get of the Pope’s authority.

  9. In 1529 Luther’s supporters signed a protest against the Catholic Church, thus becoming known as Protestants.

  10. After a lot of fighting a peace treaty was signed that allowed each German prince to choose the religion of his state.

  11. This opened a door for bigger countries to go against the Pope. The biggest of which was England.

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