Reformation Flashcards
Who lead the Roman Catholic Church
The Pope
What where all the services and bible printed in
Latin
Monks were….
Lazy and uneducated
What were monasteries like
5 star hotels
What did priests often read out
Nonsense that sounded like Latin
What did some churches say they had
They had things that were sacred.
E.g. Jesus’s blood or Virgin Mary’s dress
This was a money scam
What did the Pope decide to do
Decided to make St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. This hit the poor hard
Priests hired….
Uneducated monks to do all their work
Who was Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German Priest who started the Protestant Reformstion
What did Martin Lurther do
He wrote 95 complaints about the Catholic Church and pinned them outside were everybody could see them
The Catholic and Protestant Bible and services
Catholic - both should be in Latin
Protestant - both should be in English to understand.
The Catholic and Protestant Appearance of church
Catholics - Decorated with paintings and statues.
Protestant - should be simple and plain
The Catholic and Protestant role of priest
Catholic - needed priest as a link between the, and God
Protestant - didn’t need priest to talk to God
The Catholic and Protestant sins
Catholic - The Pope could forgive sins for a price
Protestant - only Jesus could forgive sins
The Catholic and Protestant lifestyle of a priest
Catholic - Wear special clothes because of special link with God
Protestant - minister wore normal clothes and were allowed to marry
