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What was the Reformation?

The religous changes that happened in Europe

When did these changes happen?

The sixteenth century

Why did these changes happen?

People were unhappy with the Catholic church and wanted to reform/change it

Who was the head of the church?

The pope

Where did the pope live?

Rome

What place was the pope the ruler of?


Central Italy

What did the pope play an important role in?

Italian politics

Who was the pope elected by?

Cardinals

What was every country divided into?

Dioceses

Who were the dioceses ruled over by?

Bishop

What was there in each diocese?

A number of parishes

What did each parish have?

At least one priest

What did the people who lived in the parish pay?

A tithe to the church

What was this used for?

To pay the priest

Where did the monks live?

Monasteries

Where did the nuns live?

Covents

Who did the monasteries help to look after?

The poor and the sick

What special monks preached in towns?

Friars

Was was very important for people to find out?

What happened to them when they died

What did they want to win?

Salvation

What was salvation?

A reward that meant they would go to heaven

What did the Catholic Church teach you about salvation?

You could win salvation by a mixture of faith and good works (actions)

What were the main problems in the church?

What were the main problems in the church?

1. The Renaissance popes

1. The Renaissance popes

What was wrong with ths popes?

They were not very holy men

What were some more interested in?

Art/Politics


Give an example of a renaissance pope.

Alexander VI

2. Ths wealth of the Church

2. The wealth of the Church

What type of families were most bishops from?

Wealthy, noble families

What did the bishops help the king with?

Running their countries

What did many bishops build?

Great palaces to show their power and wealth

Why did many rich people leave large sums of money to monasteries?

To pray for their souls after they died

Who did not always make sure monks led holy lives?

Abbots

3. The abuses in the Church

3. The abuses in the Church

Name the serious abuses that developed in the church due to bad leadership.

Nepotism


Simony


Pluralism


Absenteeism

What was nepotism?

Giving a relative an important position in the church

What was simony?

Buying and selling of church positions

What was pluralism?

Holding more than one position in the church

What was absenteeism?

Bishops/priests not living in their dioceses or parishes

Who were not well educated?

Ordinary priests

Whaf did priests have little knowledge of?

The Bible

What could they not understand or speak?


Latin

What was being sold by the church?

Indulgences

According to the Church, what did indulgences do?

Shortened the time people spent being punished in purgatory after they died

Who could it be given to?

A person who prayed or gave money to a good cause

Why did the Church start selling these indulgences in the middle ages?

To make money

What was the influence of the Renaissance?

What was the influence of the Renaissance?

What writers were very critical of the wealth of the church?

Humanists

What did they think?

People should read the Bible for themselves and not just accept what they were told by priests and bishops

Who was one of the English human critics of the church?

Sir Thomas More

Who was the most famous critic?

Erasmus of Rotterdam