Reformation

• Nepotism


  Favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power, especially in business or hiring practices
• The Peasant's War (1528)


  A widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525
• The Spanish Armada


  The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588; defeated by the terrible winds and fire ships.
• Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre


  Thousands of French Huguenots and other Protestants killed at wedding of Henry of Navarre
• Indulgence


  A pardon given by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in return for repentance for sins
• Reformation


  A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
• Lutherans


  A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther
• Protestants


  A member of the Western Christian Church who protested some practices of the Catholic Church
• Anglican


  People who believe there is one God who exists eternally in three people - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
• Predestination


  The belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power
• Calvinism


  A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin.
• Theocracy


  A system of government in which priests' rule in the name of God or a god.
• Catholic Reformation


  A 16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation
• Jesuits


  Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.
• Zwinglian Reformation


  Led by Zwingli, sought to reform the church and rejected current doctrines
• Martin Luther


  Creator of the Protestant Church
• Sacraments


  A Christian ceremony or ritual required by the church
• Huguenots

  French Protestants
• Pope Leo X


  Pope who sold indulgences to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica
• Ignatius of Loyola


  Creator of the Society of Jesus
• Pope Paul IV


  Pope that presided over the last Council of Trent and improved water supply
• The Council of Trent


  Meeting to discuss the counter-reformation in 1545 and 1563
• Diet of Worms


  Trial where Luther was declared a heretic by the church and had to go into hiding
• Quickening Rebellion


  Eck challenged Luther and called him to question/deny the power of the Pope
• Henry VIII


  King of England who converted to Protestantism so he could get a divorce
• John Calvin


  Wrote "Institutes of the Christian Religion" & placed an emphasis on predestination
• Elizabeth I

  Creator of the Anglican Church