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The Reformation

The Reformation. …was a sixteenth century movement that aimed at reforming the Catholic Church . …was an attempt to improve the Catholic Church from within. The practice of using bribery to attain high positions in the Church was known as simony .

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The Reformation

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  1. The Reformation …was a sixteenth century movement that aimed at reforming the Catholic Church. …was an attempt to improve the Catholic Church from within.

  2. The practice of using bribery to attain high positions in the Church was known as simony.

  3. Nepotism means appointing your own relations to important church jobs regardless of whether or not the person was suitable.Pope Alexander VI was made a cardinal by his uncle Pope Callixtus

  4. Pluralism meant holding more than one church position at the same time. Absenteeism is the failure to live in the parish where they were supposed to minister.

  5. John Tetzel and Indulgences http://youtu.be/siI_RfnM0KQ?t=8m25s

  6. Other factors 8. Indulgences 9. The Renaissance 10. The Printing Press Causes of The Reformation 1. Ignorant Priests 2. Wealthy Bishops 3. Unworthy Popes Guilty of 4. Simony 5. Nepotism 6. Pluralism 7. Absenteeism

  7. The Renaissance

  8. The Printing Press

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