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Anglican
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The Church of England, the Protestant Church founded in England. The British king or queen is the head of the Church.
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A Church
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John Calvin
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A French lawyer who became a leader and reformer in the Protestant Reformation.
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A leader
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Excommunicate
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To expel formally from the Church.
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Heresy
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Religious belief or practice incompatible with Church teachings.
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Belief
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Simony
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The selling of Church offices.
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Thesis
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A proposition or formal argument.
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Wittenberg
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A city in Saxony, a region of northern Germany.
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A Geographic object
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Charles the Fifth
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Holy Roman emperor (1519-1556)
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Katharina von Bora
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Wife of Martin Luther (EXAMPLE OF CHANGING CHURCH PRACTICES)
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Purgatory
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An intermediate state after death where you can work off your sins.
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A mythological place
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Edict of Worms
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An official decree that excommunicated Luther and banned his writings and labeled him a heretic.
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An official decree
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October 31, 1517
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Luther nails his 95 theses to the Church
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1521
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Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo the Tenth (Edict of Worms).
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1525
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Luther marries Katharina von Bora.
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Indulgence
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A pardon for sin for oneself or one's dead relatives or friends. The granting of an indulgence could help speed deceased sinners from purgatory to heaven. In Martin Luther's time, the Catholic Church sold indulgences.
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Justification
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An act of God freeing an individual of guilt for sin; achieving salvation.
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After you receive an indulgence you...
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Luther
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A German monk who challenged the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in the early sixteenth century.
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A leader
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Papacy
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The office of the pope.
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Predestination
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The belief that God has chosen certain individuals for salvation.
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Printing Press
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A machine using movable metal type to print text in multiple copies. The European version was invented by Johann Gutenberg in Germany in the fifteenth century.
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A machine
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Protestants
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Christians who broke with the Roman Catholic Church. The term originally applied to people who in 1529 "protested" a Church decree commanding submission of Christians to the authority of the pope.
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A group of people
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Reformation
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A movement in the early sixteenth century to reform the Catholic Church. Instead, it led to the formation of several new Christian denominations, or Protestant churches. The Catholic Church then carried on an internal reformation of its own in the mid-sixteenth century.
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A movement
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Schism
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A split or breakup within an organization, such as a Church.
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A split
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Pope Leo the Tenth
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The Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther.
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