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THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION - Coggle Diagram
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
CAUSES
The low clergy's lack of training.
Many priests did not behave appropriately.
The bad example set by the high clergy.
The majority of them occupied positions for their own gain.
The church's wealth.
The high clergy lived a life of luxury.
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
The sale of indulgences. The Church sold indulgences, through which it helped believers to be forgiven for their sin
LUTHER'S BREAK FROM ROME
Published 95 Theses in 1517, and started the Protestant Reformation.
Lutheran doctrine
Free interpretation of the Bible. He initiated the translation of the Bible into various languages.
Forgiveness and salvation do not depend on the good deeds a person does in life, but on faith and God's will
Rejection of the veneration of the Virgin Mary, saints and holy relics. Rejection of the sacraments, except for baptism and the Eucharist.
Opposition to the Church owning property
THE SPREAD OF THE REFORMATION
Ultricht Zwingli
Swiss pastor who founded the Reformed Church in Zurich
His doctrine rejected the authority of the Pope and proposed abolishing religious imagery and celibacy among priests.
John Calvin was a French theologian
His beliefs were based on predestination, meaning that people were destined for salvation or damnation from birth
The Pope would not give his consent for King Henry VIII to divorce Catherine of Aragón
Therefore, in 1534 he broke with the Catholic Church and he appointed himself head of the Church of England or Anglican Church.
