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Protestant Reformation
Dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church's leadership. Popes and Cardinals lived more like kings than spiritual leaders, commanding armies and making political alliances.
Martin Luther
Initiated the Protestant Reformation. A German monk who was also a professor of Moral Theology at the University of Wittenberg.
95 Theses
Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church. They were posted on Octobe 31, 1517.
The Diet of Worms
In 1521, Luther was excommunicated after refusing to recant his claims
Counter-Reformation
Led by Paul III, was launched by the Roman Catholic Church to address the Protestant Movement's damage.
The Council of Trent
A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.
The Treaty of Westphalia
Ended the conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in continental Europe in 1648.
Barroco
Portuguese word which means an irregularly shaped pearl.
