THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

What and when?

religious movement

began in the first half of the 16th century

CAUSES

low clergy's lack of training

not give importance to the training of its priests

didn't behave appropriately

bad example set of high clergy

didn't respect the morals that they preached

The church's wealth

high clergy lived a life of luxury

buying and selling ecclesiastical positions

provided an income and economic rights

another way of getting rich

sale of indulgences

sold indulgences

believers were forgiven for their sins

this angered the majority of believers

peasant revolts occurred

no action was taken

LUTHER'S BREAK FROM ROME

German priest Martin Luther

scandalised by the of corruption in the Church

published 95 Theses in 1517

criticising bad practices

Protestant Reformation

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Lutheran doctrine

His main principles

Free interpretation of the Bible

Forgiveness and salvation depend on faith and God's will

Rejection of the veneration of

holy relics

saints

the Virgin Mary

sacraments

except of baptism and Eucharist

Opposition to the Church owning property

support for the nobles taking over

SPREAD OF THE REFORMATION

Lutheranism spread rapidly

across northern Europe

other reformers appeared

Ultricht Zwingli

founded the Reformed Church

rejected the authority of the Pope

proposed

celibacy among priests

abolishing religious imagery

John Calvin

French theologian

spread a type of Protestantism

predestination

salvation or damnation

Calvinism

King Henry VIII

1534 he broke with the Catholic Church

the Pope wouldn't give his consent for him to divorce Catherine of Aragón

Act of Supremacy

head of the Anglican Church

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