Humanities Test Flashcards
Martin Luther
Monk who realized that the Roman Church was using people for money-wrote the 95 theses-started the reformation
95 theses
95 sentences complained and pointing out the evilness of the Roman Church
Indulgence
Letters that people had to pay money for-supposedly lessened a person’s punishment for sin
Pope Leo X
Pope who ran the Roman Church bankrupt and came up with the idea of indulgences
Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
Letters that accused the pope of using their people’s money for themselves
Sacraments
Rituals that were supposed to lessen someone’s punishment for sin-done by the pope
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
Book written by Luther that stated the only sacraments necessary were baptism and communion
Meeting in the Diet of Worms
Meeting with the Roman emperor and other important people-Luther explained why he was revolting-was not arrested by the emperor but could still be arrested by the church
Protestant
Someone who was a follower of Luther
Fredrick the Wise
Man who agreed with Luther’s ideas of the Church and supported Luther at the Diet of Worms
John Calvin
Man who taught about predestination and to obey God’s laws
Calvinism
New church formed off of the reformation (created by John Calvin)
Predestination
The belief that events are decided by God, not you and that God knew who would be saved before they were born
Henry VIII and the Church of England
The man asked to end his marriage, but the Pope refused. Henry decided to not obey the pope and started a church called the Church of England
Branches of the Protestant Churches
Lutheranism, Church of England, Presbyterian Church,