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3/24 Focus : Criticisms of the Catholic Church led to a religious movement called the Protestant Reformation and brought changes in religion and politics across Europe. Important Terms: Indulgences Do Now:

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  1. 3/24 Focus: • Criticisms of the Catholic Church led to a religious movement called the Protestant Reformation and brought changes in religion and politics across Europe. • Important Terms: • Indulgences • Do Now: • Which renaissance movement called for a focus on worldly subjects rather than religious one?

  2. The Reformation

  3. The Protestant Reformation • A period when some Europeans broke away from the Catholic Church • Formed new Christian churches and ways of practicing Christianity

  4. Causes of the Reformation • Humanist ideas developed during the renaissance led some people to question Church authority • Some began to question abuses of power in the Church • Called for reforms to the church

  5. Causes of the Reformation • Some people believed that Church leaders were acting like kings and had become corrupt • More concerned with power and wealth • Popes spent large amount of money on their own pleasure and on fighting wars • Pope Alexander VI admitted that he had several children

  6. Causes of the Reformation • Church needed to raise money to beautify churches and pay artists during the renaissance • Raised fees for weddings and baptisms • Sold indulgences • A pardon for sins committed during a persons lifetime • Gained you instant access to heaven

  7. Martin Luther • German monk who was angered by the sale of indulgences • Posted the 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517 • arguments against the sale of indulgences

  8. Martin Luther’s Teachings • People could only get to heaven through faith in God • Pope could not grant pardons for sins • The Bible was the only source of religious truth • All people with faith were equal • Priests were not special • Priests could marry • Bible and church mass did not need to be in Latin • Could be done in any language

  9. Response to Luther’s Teachings • The printing press led to that rapid spread of Luther’s ideas through northern Europe

  10. Response to Luther’s Teachings • Rulers and merchants who were unhappy with the Church for political and economic reasons were attracted to his teachings • German princes protected Luther • Poor Peasants had been offended by the sale of indulgences and wealthy lifestyle of clergy

  11. Response to Luther’s Teachings • Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther in 1520 after Luther refused to recant his statements • Realized that Luther had become a threat • Holy Roman Emperor declared him an outlaw

  12. Protestants • Luther’s ideas led to a split in the Church • Protestants • People who supported Luther’s protests

  13. Closure • What was the Catholic Church doing that led Martin Luther to post his 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg? • What impact did the printing press have on the Protestant Reformation?

  14. The Peace of Augsburg • Allowed German princes to determine if their territory would become Protestant or Catholic • Lutheran religion became the dominant religion in northern Germany

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