Reformation

• The Causes of The Reformation was 1) Poor Leadership from the Popes, 2) Wealth of the Church, 3) Sale of Indulgences
• Reformation: a time of religious change that occurred in the 16th century
• Tithe: a tax whereby the common people had to give 10% of their earnings to the church
• Sale of Indulgences: If you had sinned, you could pay for an indulgence so you would be forgiven and get into heaven
• Abuses in the church: Simony, Nepotism, Absenteeism, Pluralism
• Martin Luther became a monk because during a thunderstorm he had promise St Anne to become a monk if he was spared, and he was
• In 1517, Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle Church
• Luther's 95 Theses criticised the Pope and the Catholic Church
• Martin Luther was sent a papal bull from Pope Leo X which ordered him to recant his views
• Justification By Faith Alone: only faith and belief in God will get you into heaven
• Excommunication: to be kicked out of the Church
• Luther was declared a heretic after refusing to recant his beliefs at the diet (meeting) of worms and was excommunicated
• Consequences of the reformation were 1) it split the Catholic Church in half, 2) the counter reformation and 3) religious wars
• The Counter Reformation was when the Catholic Church tried to stop the spread of protestantism
• How did Luther’s Theses spread across Europe?

  The new printing press
• What was Simony?

  Buying and selling of church positions
• What was pluralism?

  When a bishop ran more than one diocese