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Unit 2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation

Unit 2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation. Lesson 7 The Catholic Church (IMAD). The Catholic Church (IMAD). Learning Target Students can define the terms Protestant and R eformation Students can explain the causes of the Protestant Reformation. The Catholic Church (IMAD).

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Unit 2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation

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  1. Unit 2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation Lesson 7 The Catholic Church (IMAD)

  2. The Catholic Church (IMAD) Learning Target Students can define the terms Protestant and Reformation Students can explain the causes of the Protestant Reformation

  3. The Catholic Church (IMAD)

  4. The Catholic Church (IMAD) Protestant Reformation: Beginning • Protestant = someone who protested against the teachings of the Catholic Church • Reformation = when people began to demand a change in the religious system

  5. The Catholic Church (IMAD) A Challenge of Church Political Authority • King Philip IV of France tried to tax church officials • The pope told the French clergy not to pay the tax • The king arrested the pope Boniface VIII, and Italian • Six years later, the king helped to elect a French pope, Clement V • The new pope moved from Rome to Avignon in France • Seventy years passed before a pope lived in Rome again • At different times, more than one person claimed to be pope

  6. The Catholic Church (IMAD) A Challenge of Church Religious Authority • Those who challenged the church’s religious authority are called reformers • One early reformer was John Wycliffe who said the church had too much power • He said the Bible not the “church” should be the authority for Christians • To allow people to read the Bible, Wycliffe translated the Latin Bible into English • Another was John Huss who criticized the church for being to “worldly” • Religious leaders feared a rebellion and claimed that Huss was a heretic • A heretic teaches a belief that a religious authority thinks is false • In 1415, they arrested Huss and burned him at the stake

  7. The Catholic Church (IMAD) I– Indulgences = certificates that take away sin • Church was selling forgiveness for $MONEY$ • Who will this anger?

  8. The Catholic Church (IMAD) M– Merchants want Usury • Usury = lending money and charging interest • The Church says usury is wrong • Who would this anger?

  9. The Catholic Church (IMAD) A– Absolute Power and Wealth of the Church • Why was the Catholic Church so powerful in Europe? • Who would this anger?

  10. The Catholic Church (IMAD) D– Domination of the Church by Italians • For years the pope was only an Italian • Italians were not the only Catholic people • Who would this anger?

  11. The Catholic Church (IMAD) Who’s Mad? I = lower class M = middle class A = upper class D = non-Italian church officials

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