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PROTESTANT REFORMATION

PROTESTANT REFORMATION. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Catholic Church was criticized for some of its practices (popes being too greedy and corrupt) and not reforming enough People want a change…. CAUSES OF THE REFORMATION. MARTIN LUTHER. A monk and teacher in Germany

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PROTESTANT REFORMATION

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  1. PROTESTANTREFORMATION

  2. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH • The Catholic Church was criticized for some of its practices (popes being too greedy and corrupt) and not reforming enough • People want a change…

  3. CAUSES OF THE REFORMATION

  4. MARTIN LUTHER • A monk and teacher in Germany • At 21, he was caught in a thunderstorm and promised to become a monk if saved • Felt that faith alone was the key to salvation

  5. LUTHER LEADS A REFORMATION • Luther was against the sale of indulgences (a pardon for sins, ticket to heaven) in the Catholic Church • He posted 95 Theses to a church door stating what he felt was wrong with the Church and indulgences • People made copies of his work and this sparked a Reformation (religious reform)

  6. LUTHER’S TEACHINGS • People could win salvation by faith • All Church teachings should be based on Bible, not the pope • All people with faith are equal, therefore priests are not needed

  7. REACTION TO LUTHER • The pope felt threatened and said he would excommunicate Luther unless he took back his statements • Political leaders asked him to recant his theses at Diet of Worms • People started to follow his teachings and became Lutherans • Eventually the term Protestant applied to all non-Catholic Christians

  8. JOHN CALVIN • Inspired by the work of Luther and would give order to the faith Luther started • Believed in predestination (concept that God has already decided who will be saved) and based his religion Calvinism on this belief

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