Luther Leads the Reformation
TERMS & NAMES
1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
• indulgence - pardon for sins beloved to buy your way into heaven
• indulgence - pardon for sins beloved to buy your way into heaven
• Reformation - formation of several Protestant church reforms
• Lutheran - the region Luther and his follows believed in
• Protestant - Christians that belong to non Catholic Churches
• Peace of Augsburg - a famous religious settlement who decided the religion of the state
• annul - to sent aside
• Anglican - Church of England with Elizabeth as head
2. Which action of Martin Luther do you think had the most permanent impact in reforming the practice of Christianity? Explain.
An action that I think had the most permanent impact in reforming the practice of Christianity was the Anglican Church because after they got a new head of the Church many Protestant were killed.
MAIN IDEAS
3. What political, economic, and social factors helped bring about the Reformation?
3. What political, economic, and social factors helped bring about the Reformation?
Political, economic, and social factors that helped bring about the Reformation are the queen helped restore Protestantism, powerful monarchs, merchants and other people did not pay taxes, some church leaders become corrupt, and many found that the Church practice such as selling indulgence.
4. From where did the term Protestantism originate?
The term Protestantism originate from a group of people during the time of Martin Luther who were Catholic protestors of certain Catholic belief.
5. What impact did Henry VIII’s actions have on England in the second half of the 1500s?
Henry VIII's impacted the actions on England in the second half of the 1500s by having trouble having a son. He had many wives but they all gave him daughters so they were either divorced or persecuted.
READING GUIDE
1. In 1517, Luther posts his 95 theses on the church door at Wittenberg.
cause: Luther attacks a monk for selling indulgence,
effect: Luther's words spread all though Germany causing him to gain and attract followers
2. In 1520, Luther is excommunicated. In 1521, he is declared an outlaw and a heretic.
cause: Pope says he is a threat to papal authority
effect: his followers become operate from the Catholic Church and they formed a religious group called the Lutherans
3. The German peasants revolt in 1524.
cause: peasants cause an uproar of demanding social / economic freedom
effect: armies crush the revolt, previous supports turn against Luther
4. The Peace of Augsburg is signed in 1555.
cause: there was a fight between emperors and princes
effect: ended the war and it allowed German State ruler to decide their own state's religion
5. The English Parliament approves the Act of Supremacy in 1534.
cause: Henry VIII had to annul his marriage to Catherine, so he can remarry and have a son
effect: Henry closed all English monasteries, seizes their lands and other Catholic holdings in England, this increased his power.
6. Parliament establishes the Anglican Church in 1559.
cause: Henry's daughter tried bring back the Catholic Church. Elizabeth I restores Protestantism
effect: The Anglican Church became the main religion in England, and people were required to attend
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