history reformation Flashcards
what the reformation
in the 16th century europe when the catholic church was torn apart
simony
bribery to be elected to important positions in church
nepotism
positions given to family
pluralism
priest/bishops given more than one parish/diocese
absenteeism
priest/bishops missing from parish/diocese because he is another
sale of indulgences
buy your way into heaven
where martin luther born
saxony germany 1483
what was his father and what did he want to luther to be
father was a copper miner and wanted luther to study law
what order did he join
the Augustinian order of monks
where did he teach
university of wittenberg
what did luther believe in
“justification by faith alone”
what dose “justification by faith alone” mean
only way to get into heaven is to believe in god
who did pope leo x sent to sell indulgences
john tetzel
what did pope leo x want to use the money from indulgences for
construction of st peters basilica
what did Luther write in reasons to the indulgences
he wrote the 95 theses and nailed them to the door of wittenberg castle
what did the church order luther to do
they told him to recant
who did luther debate with
john eck
what did leo x send martin luther
a papal bull
what did luther do to the papal ball
he publically burned it
what happed to luther after he publicly burned the papal bull
he was excommunicated
what was the diet of worms
it was a meeting called by Charles the V (the holy roman emperor)
what was luther declared in the edict of worms
an outlaw
where did luther flee to after being declared an outlaw
wartburg castle
who was at wartburg castle with luther
fredrick the wise elector of saxony
