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To have revised over causes of the reformation Be able to identify Martin Luther and his role in the Reformation

To have revised over causes of the reformation Be able to identify Martin Luther and his role in the Reformation Be able to describe Martin Luther’s early life and main beliefs Be able to define and describe key words and terms such as: Justification by Faith alone Papal Bull Excommunicate

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To have revised over causes of the reformation Be able to identify Martin Luther and his role in the Reformation

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  1. To have revised over causes of the reformation • Be able to identify Martin Luther and his role in the Reformation • Be able to describe Martin Luther’s early life and main beliefs • Be able to define and describe key words and terms such as: • Justification by Faith alone • Papal Bull • Excommunicate • Heretic

  2. Martin Luther

  3. Early life • From Germany • Went to University to study law • Caught in a thunder storm, prayed to St. Anne and promised that if he survived he would become a monk • Survived and joined the Augustine order • Began studying theology and became professor at the University of Wittenburg

  4. Luther was unhappy as a monk. • He read the bible very closely • Believed the church teaching on how to go to heaven was wrong • Catholic Church: good works and faith needed to get to heaven • Luther=just faith in God needed. ‘Salvation by Faith alone’

  5. Sale of Indulgences

  6. Sale of Indulgences • Luther disagreed with Sale of Indulgences • Pope Leo X was selling indulgences to build St. Peter’s basilica in Rome. • Luther wrote a letter called ‘95 theses’= 95 arguments against the sale of Indulgences. • Nailed them to the Church in Wittenburg • Ideas spread (printing press)

  7. Sale of Indulgences

  8. Papal Bull • Pope Leo X was angry at Luther’s ideas • 1520= pope wrote a papal bull condemning Luther. • Gave Luther 60 days to take back his teachings • Otherwise he would be excommunicated • Luther refused. Publically burned the bull and some catholic books

  9. Diet of Worms

  10. Diet of Worms • Meeting organised by catholic church to try to get Luther to take back teachings • Luther refused • Edict of Worms=Church branded him a heretic & outlaw • Fredrick the Wise hid Luther in his castle • There, Luther translated the bible into German • In 1522, went back to Wittenburg

  11. Spread of Ideas • Germans began to leave Catholic Church and became Lutherans • Most German states were Luterhan, then Denmark, Sweeden and Norway • When rulers tried to ban Luther’s teachings, people protested=Protestants • Peace of Augsburg=agreement that meant that the ruler of an area decided on religion of his people

  12. Later Life • Married a former nun-Catherine Von Bora • Continued writing pamphlets and hymns • The reformation that he started began to spread to other countries

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