Friday, May 24, 2019

May 24

Read: 488-494
Questions: 1,3,4

1.
  • indulgence- pardon for sins believed to buy a way into heaven
  • reformation- formation of several protestant church reformations
  • Lutheran- what Luther and his follower's religion was called
  • protestant- Christians who belong to non- catholic churches
  • peace of Augsburg- a famous religious settlement who decided the religion of the state
  • annul- to set aside (marriage)
  • Anglican- church of England with Elizabeth as head

3. -Queen Elizabeth I helped restore Protestantism 
-Powerful monarchs challenged the church as the supreme power in Europe
-Many leaders viewed the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged his authority
-European princes and kings were jealous of the Church's wealth. 
-Merchants and other people didn't want to pay taxes to the church
-Some church leaders had become worldly and corrupt
-Many people found Church practices such as selling indulgences unacceptable
-People wanted to be able to divorce

4. A group of people at the time of Martin Luther who was Catholic protestors of certain Catholic beliefs.

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