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Prodestant
a Christian who is not Roman Catholic or Eadstern Orthodox
Reformation
a religious revolt against the authority oand certian doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church; a restoration of “true Christianity”
political causes
rulers resented the Church’s claims over civil authority. Nationalists believed the Pope to be a foreign leader
economic causes
rulers envied the wealth of the Church and wanted to confisctae Church property. Some people viewed the Church tithe as too heavy to pay. Nationalists resented the flow of Church taxes going to the papacy in Rome
intellectual causes
Renaissance humanism encouraged people to seek a direct relationship with God. Educators began to doubt the Church’s religious power and authority
church abuses
Wordliness, Nepotism, Simony, and Indulgences
nepotism
appointing relatives as Church positions regardless of ability
simony
Selling of Church positions
sale of indulgences
paying for forgiveness of sin
Babylonian Captivity
A large number of Jewish people were forcibly relocated to the Babylonian Empire to stop the spread of Judaism
Great Schism
The split of the Catholic Church
