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THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
WHAT WAS?
It began in the first half of the 16th century
It divided Christisan Church and the protestant
It was a religious movement
CAUSES
Church's wealth
High clergy lived a luxury life, and the curch possessed extensive lands and taxed humblepopulation
Obtained income by carrying out religions and the holy relics, saints and Virgin Mary.
Buying and selling of ecclesiastical position
Provided an income and economic rights
Cause: A way of getting rich
Bad example set by the high clergy
Majority of the powerful clergy that occupied positions for their own gain.
Cause: didn't respec customs or morals that preached
Sale of indulgences
The church need money
Sold indulgences
Cause: help belivers to be forgiven their sins
Low clergy's lack of trainig
The church didn't give importance to the prists
Cause: didn't behave well
LUTHER'S BREAK FROM ROME
1517
He published a book: 95 Theses
Criticising the sale of indulgences and bad paracticies
Marked the beginning of Protestant Reformation
Luther was scandalised by the amount of corruption
In the church
Main principles
Forgivness and salvation depend on Faith and God.
Rejection of veneration
Saints
Virgin Mary
Holy Relics
Free interpretation of the Bible
Priests abolisged,anyone can read or interpret it in their own way.
Initied the traslation to other lenguages.
Oppositions to the Church
Owing property
Support nobles taking Church's possessions
IMPORTANT DATES
1522
Translate the Bible into German
1521
Pope demands Luther retractsat the
Diet of Worms
Excommunicated and expelled from Empire
1536
Lutherism spread to Denmark and Norway
1517
Published: 95 Theses
1559-1562
Eradication of Lutheran groups in Spain
