Reformation of Christianity Key Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Reformation | A reform movement of Western Christianity. |
| Methods | A way of doing something. |
| Indulgences | A relaxation of penalties for sins people had committed. Buying them reduced time in purgatory. |
| Purgatory | A place where souls went before they went to heaven. Souls were punished for sins there. |
| Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch priest and writer; Believed the church's problem were caused by lazy clergy and that they ignored their duties to lead easy lives. |
| Martin Luther | Priest who nailed a list of complaints, the Ninety-Five Theses, about the church to a church door in Whittenburg, Germany; Was excommunicated after appearing before a diet; Credited with starting the Reformation. |
| Diet | A council of nobles and church officials. |
| Protestants | People who sided with Luther and protested against the church. |
| William Tyndale | English professor; Believed everybody should be able to read the Bible; Translated the Bible into English and angered English clergy who had him executed. |
| John Calvin | Believed that God had a plan for everybody before they were born and nothing they did could change it; Made political and religious leader of Geneva, Switzerland. |
| King Henry VIII | Asked pope to end his marriage, but the pope refused; He broke away from the church and became the head of the Church of England. |
| Catholic Reformation | The effort to reform the Catholic Church from within; Counter-Reformation. |
| Spanish Inquisition | Groups ordered by the Spanish monarchs to hunt down and punished Muslims, Jews, and later, Protestants. |
| Saint Ignatius of Loyola | Spanish noble who founded the Society of Jesus; The group was disciplined as soldiers. |
| The Jesuits | A religious order created to serve the pope and the church. |
| Angela Merici | Founded the Ursuline Order; They taught girls and believed education was the key to strengthening the Catholic Church. |
| The Council of Trent | A council of church leaders that came together to discuss, debate, and eventually reform Catholic teachings. |
| Huguenots | French Protestants. |
| Edict of Nantes | Granted religious freedom in most of France; Issued by King henry IV. |
| Thirty Years' War | A long series of wars that involved many of the countries of Europe. |
| Agreement | A decision reached by two or more people or groups. |
| Congregation | Church assembly. |
| Federalism | The sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government. |
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