Reformation flashcards

Terms	Definitions
Reformation	The time period when people began breaking from the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther	Wrote the 95 Theses. German monk who started the Reformation.
Priesthood of All Believers	The idea that the authority to act in God's name come from the Bible.
vernacular	A common language.
Henry VIII	English king who started the Church of England so he could end his marriage.
Calvinism	Religion that believes in predestination.
Anabaptists	Religion that believed in adult baptism. Persecution led them to believe in a separation between church and state.
Counter-Reformation	When the Catholic Church reformed part of itself as a response to the Reformation.
Charles V	Very powerful king who attempted to preserve Catholicism.
Elizabeth I	Queen of England during a Golden Age.
Spanish Inquisition	When Spain attempted to preserve Catholicism by punishing those accused of speaking against it.
Philip II	King of Spain who sent the Spanish Armada.
Spanish Armada	Huge fleet of ships sent by Spain in an attempt to get England to return to Catholicism.
witchcraft craze	The extermination of over 100,000 people accused of witchcraft in 16th century Europe.
Thirty Years' War	The last large-scale European religious war.

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