Reformation Flashcards
Causes of the reformation
Influence of the renaissance encouraged people to question beliefs
Wealth of the church church and monasteries were the wealthiest organisations
Abuses with in the church
What is simony
Buying or selling church jobs
Nepotism
Appointing relatives church jobs
Pluralism
Having more than one church job
Absenteeism
Priest or bishops being absent from church for lomg periods of time
Sale of indulgences
Catholics believed taht when an average person died there soul would go to the purgatpry plave between heaven and hell decided wether oe not they were going to heaven
Refotmation man
Martin luther
When was he born
1483 sacony germany
Wgat did he study to be
Studied law then became an augustin monk
What did he spent most of his tome doinv
Readkng teh bible to ensure he would get to heaven
What did luther find out
There was no mention in the bible that u had to perform pray or indulgence to get to heaven and only god could get u to heaven
What is the justification of faith alone
Only faith in god could get a perosn into heaven
Who was selling indulgences in wittenberf in 1517
John tetzel
Who did luther write to
He wrote to the archbishop’s in protest
What did luther do after ge was ignored
He wrote the ninety five thesesi