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Chapter 17 - Section 3

Chapter 17 - Section 3. Luther Leads the Reformation Martin Luther’s protest over abuses in the Catholic Church lead to the founding of Protestant churches. Let’s remember…. What does reform mean? To change something that is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory

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Chapter 17 - Section 3

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  1. Chapter 17 - Section 3 Luther Leads the Reformation Martin Luther’s protest over abuses in the Catholic Church lead to the founding of Protestant churches.

  2. Let’s remember…. • What does reform mean? • To change something that is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory • Why were people losing faith in the church? • Black plague, suffering, etc • What was the attitude of people during the Renaissance period? • Enjoy life, nature, and realism

  3. Causes of the Reformation • Church Authority Challenged • Secularism, individualism of Renaissance challenge catholic Church authority • Rulers challenge Church’s sole power over religion • Printing press spreads secular ideas

  4. Criticisms of the Catholic Church • Corrupt leaders, extravagant (fancy) popes • Poorly educated priests

  5. Luther Challenges the Church • The 95 Theses • Martin Luther protests Friar Johann Tetzel’s selling of indulgences • Indulgence – a pardon releasing a person from sin • Could buy your way to heaven if you had $$ • In 1517 Luther posts his 95 Theses attacking “pardon-merchants” • Reformation rejects pope’s authority

  6. 95 Theses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IATyzSAjC1w

  7. Luther’s ideas spread quickly with the help of the printing press. Helping increase literacy (ability to read/write) Luther’s supporters distributed copies of his speeches and essays far and wide. Millions of people sided with Luther against the Roman Catholic Church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OguFIxoTufk The Printing Press:Invented by Guttenberg

  8. Luther’s Teachings • People can win salvation by faith alone, not “good works” • Christian teachings must be based on the Bible, NOT the pope • ALL people with faith are equal, can interpret the Bible without priests

  9. The Response to Luther • The Pope’s Threat • Pope Leo X issues decree threatening to excommunicate Luther (1520) – kick out of church • Luther’s rights of Church membership are taken away • Luther refuses to take back his statements and is excommunicated

  10. Luther Stands Trial • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDToORBcMT4

  11. The Emperor’s Opposition • Charles V is Holy Roman Emperor • He issues Edict of Worms (1521), declaring Luther a heretic • Luther and followers begin a separate religious group-Lutherans

  12. England Becomes Protestant • Henry VIII Wants a Son • Henry has only daughter, needs male heir to rule England after he dies • Henry wants a divorce • Pope refuses to annul – set aside – his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon

  13. The Reformation Parliament • Parliament passes laws ending pope’s power in England • Henry remarries, becomes official head of England’s Church

  14. Consequences of Henry’s Changes • Henry has six wives and three children • Religious turmoil follows Henry’s death (1547) • Protestantism under King Edward, then Catholicism under Queen Mary

  15. Left by Henry when no male heir. Catherine of Aragon

  16. Married 1533 One of Catherine’s servants. In 1536, she’s accused of adultery and treason. Henry locks her up and has her executed. Her sister was a mistress of Henry’s. Henry was nice and got a skilled swordsman to behead her. Anne Boleyn

  17. Henry married her 11 days after Anne’s execution. She was one of Anne’s servants. Finally bears a male heir. Dies almost two weeks after the birth. Jane Seymour

  18. Married in 1540 Was a political marriage for Henry. Once the political advantage was gone, Henry has the marriage annulled. She fares pretty well. Anne of Cleaves

  19. 16 days later, he married Anne Boleyn’s cousin Henry was 49, and she was 19 Henry had gained a lot of weight and was in a lot of pain, while she was a free spirit Less than a year into the marriage, rumors of her infidelity began She was beheaded and laid to rest near her cousin, Anne Boleyn Catherine Howard

  20. Married 1543 She survives Henry who dies in 1547. Catherine Parr

  21. Henry’s Six Wives : Daughter will be “Bloody” Mary I 1553-1558 (Catholic). Catherine of Aragon 1509-1533 (divorced) Daughter Elizabeth I 1558-1603 (Protestant). Anne Boleyn 1533-1536 (beheaded) Son Edward VI 1547-1553 (sickly) King Henry VIII of England [1491-1547] He broke England’s ties to the Roman Catholic Church for political and personal reasons, not religious ones like Luther. Henry needed a male heir and his Catholic Spanish Queen Catherine of Aragon was not able to produce one. Jane Seymour 1536-1537 (died) Anne of Cleves 1540 (divorced) Kathryn Howard 1540-1542 (beheaded) Kathrine Parr 1543-1548 (survived)

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