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 Protestant Reformation | The name of the revolt against the Catholic Church |
| Reform | means "to change" |
| Martin Luther | This person did not believe in paying for indulgences; he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for his beliefs |
| Indulgences | The Protestant Reformation was, in part, a protest against the sale of these |
| Pope Leo X | He banished Martin Luther from the Church |
| John Calvin | He was originally a Lutheran, but broke off and formed his own religion |
| John Calvin | This person believed in the false notion of predestination |
| 95 Theses | These were tacked onto the door of Luther's church in Germany |
| 95 Theses | This was the name of Luther's complaints against the Catholic Church |
| Catholic/Counter Reformation | This was the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation |
| The Inquisition | A court system in which investigators and torture was used to root out heretics from the Catholic Church |
| The Index | A list of books that no Catholic was supposed to read, including Martin Luther's books |
| The Council of Trent | Group of bishops and cardinals that met to resolve problems within the Catholic Church |
| The Council of Trent | These meetings led to the abolishment of the sale of indulgences |
| Erasmus | A humanist who believed that the selling of indulgences was wrong |
| Printing Press | This invention allowed Luther's ideas to spread rapidly throughout Western Europe |
