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Why did a protest movement against the Church begin? |
The citizens criticized the Church's practices and felt that the church leaders were too interested in worldly pursuits, such as gaining wealth and political power. |
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How did the Renaissance contribute to the Protest Movement? |
The emphasis on the Secular and the individual challenged Church authority. The printing press spread these secular ideas, and some rulers began to challenge the Church's political power. |
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What did John Wycliffe suggest about the pope? |
He denied that the pope had the right to worldly power and taught that the Bible had more authority than the Church leaders. |
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What were the 95 theses? |
Formal statements that attacked the practice of selling indulgences. |
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What was an indulgence? |
An indulgence was a pardon. It released a sinner from performing the penalty that Priest imposed for sins. |
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What was the real complaint about the practice of selling indulgences? |
It gave people the impression that by buying indulgences, they could buy their way into Heaven
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Why was posting the 95 theses the event that triggered the Reformation? |
Someone copied and printed them, quickly spreading the word all over Germany. |
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Why did the Pope view Luther as a threat? |
Luther's ideas against the Pope's practices began to grow more popular and widespread. |
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What did it mean to be "excommunicated"? |
To be officially excluded from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church |
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What was the main premise behind Calvinism? |
Predestination |
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According to all Protestants, what was the real source of religious truth? |
The Bible |
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Explain what it meant to be an Anabaptist. |
To be a believer of baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be a Christian. They believed that persons who had been baptized as children should be re-baptized as adults.
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How did the Catholic Church respond to the Protestant Reformation movement? |
The Catholic Church itself developed its own reformation within the Church called the Catholic Reformation. During this movement, Catholics remained loyal to the Catholic Church. |
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How did the Protestant Reformation impact Christianity? |
Churches flourished and new denominations flourished. The Roman Catholic Church itself became more unified as a result of its reforms. Christian beliefs were promoted and emphasized more in education leading to the development of parish schools.
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How did the Protestant Reformation impact the Pope? |
The Protestant Reformation had a negative impact on the Pope. As Luther’s ideas spread to Christians, the Pope’s authority was questioned. The Pope’s authority was decreased politically as these belief-questioning ideas led into the Enlightenment.
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How did the Protestant Reformation impact the Catholic Church? |
Positively, it led to the reformation within the Catholic Church that reformed the Church. Negatively, the Catholic Church’s moral and political authority declined, and eventually led to the development of modern nation-states. |
