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15.3 The Protestant Reformation

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Protestant Reformation
movement to reform Roman Catholic church
indulgences
pardons issued by the pope that people could buy to reduce time in purgatory
Martin Luther
nailed a list of ninety-five complaints against the Roman Catholic Church in a public place and, in effect, began the Protestant Reformation.
theocracy
a government in which church and state are joined and in which officials are considered to be divinely inspired.
John Calvin
important Protestant reformer who preached the doctrine of predestination
predestination
doctrine that says God knows who will be saved, even before people are born , and therefore guides the lives of those designed for salvation. (nothing humans do, good or bad, will change their predestination in the end)
Henry VIII
king who brought Protestantism to England because he wanted to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon to marry another woman
annulled
declared invalid based upon church laws
Elizabeth I
passed the Supremacy Act in 1559 which restored the Church of England and split England and Rome once again
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