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protestants
protesters against the catholic church
the catholic church in 1500
wealthy, had priests in every community, and the pope had power over the kings of europe
causes of the reformation
the renaissance, wealth of the church, abuses of power within the church and the power of kings
simony
buying and selling of church offices
nepotism
favoritism to relatives in giving jobs and offices
pluralism
holding more than one Church job at the same time
absenteeism
a priest or bishop not being at their parish or diocese for long periods of time
tithe
one-tenth of income given to the local bishop
sale of indulgences
prayer sold to get into heaven faster
purgatory
place between heaven and hell
celibacy
not marrying or have children because of religious
who started the reformation
martin luther
where was martin luther born?
saxony, germany
when was martin luther born?
1483
what did martin luther become after studying law?
augustinian monk
where did martin luther become a professor of theology?
University of Wittenberg
justification by faith alone
only faith in god could get a person into heaven
who sold indulgences to the people?
john tetzel
where did the indulgence money go?
rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica and the Archbishop of Mainz
luther's main ideas in the ninety-five thesis
the pope couldn't forgive sins, indulgences did not forgive people for their sins, the pope should rebuild st. peter cathedral
pope at martin luther's time
pope leo x
excommunication
removed from the church
papal bull
formal letter and command
holy roman emporer
charles v
when did diet of worms take place
1521
diet of worms
meeting of german princes at worms
heresy
having a view that is against the church
vernacular
local language
three of luther's beliefs
no need for bishops, justification by faith alone, clergy should be able to marry
who did luther marry?
Catherine Von Bora
when did luther die?
1546
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