Christianity

    Cards (6)

    • Church Corruption in Europe
      Simony and Sale of Indulgences
    • Simony
      people buying their way into positions of power in the church
       
    • sale of indulgences
      people paying money to get their sins forgiven
    • Luther was opposed to the churches corruption so he created 95 Thesis and it spread throughout the world
    • Change → Protestant
      Reformation
      catholics cleaned up a lot of the corruption Protestants were complaining about at the Council of Trent
    • Continuity → Dominance of Catholicism
      reaffirmed that their doctorine of salvation was just fine
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