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THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION :check: - Coggle Diagram
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION :check:
Causes
The low clergy's lack of training
They did not respect the customs or morals that they preached
The bad example set by the high clergy
The church hierarchy did not give much importance to the training of its priests
Many of the priests did not behave appropriately
The church's wealth
The church possessed extensive lands and taxed the humble population
The buying and selling of ecclesiastical positions
These positions provided an income and economic rights
Get rich
The sale of indulgences
When the church needed money it sold indulgences, through which it helped believers to be forgiven for their sins.
Luther's break from Rome
Free interpretation of the Bible
Priests should be abolished because anyone could read and interpret the Bible in their own way.
Rejection of the veneration of The Virgin Mary
Rejection of the sacraments, except for baptism and the Eucharist.
Faith and God's will.
Forgiveness and salvation do not depend on the good deeds a person does in life
Opposition to the church
Support for the nobles taking over the Church's possessions
The Spread of the Reformation
Ultricht Zwingli
Was a Swiss pastor who founded the Reformed Church in the city of Zurich
John Calvin
Was a French theologian who spread a type of Protestantism from Geneva in Switzerland
King Henry VIII
The Pope would not give his consent for king HENRI VII to divorce Catherine of Aragon
