Reformation Flashcards
Simony
Appointing a relative to the church
Nepotism
Buying and selling church positions
Abseentism
When bishops or popes would miss there position for another
Pluralism
Holding more then one position in the church
Reformation
Period of religious change that led a division amount Christians
Protestants
Christians who broke away from the Catholic Church
Tithe
Tax paid to the priests
Renaissance popes
Some Renaissance popes were unholy men. Pope Sixtus wanted to murder Medici during mass and loved art religion and politics
Purgatory
A place where sinners went after they died if they weren’t bad enough to to go to hell. They spent time there before they went to heaven as a punishment
Indulgences
Some clengymen sold indulgenses to people claiming that if money was given to the church their time in purgatory would be decreased.
Vernacular
Language of the people
Presbyterian
New Christian religion set up by John Calvin
Act of supremacy
Made kings or queens head of Christ instead of popes e.g Kung Henry and queen Elizabeth
Kings great matter
He wanted a divorce from Catherine and had a reason as Catherine was originally married to his brother. This was hard for the bishop to let happen as he had gone through so much to let them marry in the first place. This is when he broke away from the Catholic Church and became Protestant even though he still had catholic beliefs.
Defender of faith
Apponant of luthiers religious beliefs. Wanted to defend catholic religion
