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The Reformation
A major movement within Western Christianity that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and papal authority, arising from perceived abuses and corruption.
Martin Luther
A professor of theology, priest and author who is considered the seminal figure in starting the Reformation with his direct challenges to the Catholic Church.
Indulgences
Payments made to the Church in exchange for forgiveness of sins or release from purgatory for a loved one.
95 Theses
A document written by Luther describing what he perceived were the abuses being committed by the Catholic Church, primarily the use of indulgences.
Diet of Worms
An assembly convened by Emperor Charles V to try Martin Luther for heresy in 1521.
Edict of Worms
The decision by Charles V to label Luther a ‘outlaw of the empire’ and to ban the spread of his ideas.
Protestant
The name originally given to followers of Luther, which came to mean all non-Catholic Western Christian groups.
Ulrich Zwingli
A Swiss Protestant who went further than Luther in denouncing the spiritual necessities of the sacraments.
John Calvin
Protestant leader who wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion, forming ideas of predestination and the elect.
Predestination
Since god is omnipotent, he already knows who would be saved, even at birth their eternal life was set.
German Peasant Revolt (1525)
A failed peasant rebellion in which the peasantry drew parallels between the Reformation and their mistreatment by the nobility.
Anabaptists
A Protestant denomination that requires baptism to occur as an adult, as only adults could make the conscious decision to join with God.
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