Section 3 Flashcards
Protestant reformation
Religious movement in the 1500s in which people of the catholic Christian faith wanted a change the traditions and rules of the Roman Catholic Church, this lead to several different Christian denominations
Indulgences
Pardons granted by the pope which could be bought to “reduce one’s time in purging” this was just a way the Roman Catholic Church gained more money off their faithful. This corrupted the Roman Catholic Church
Martin Luther
German monk whose protest again the Catholic Church in the 1517 led to calls for reform and the movement known as the reformation.
95 thesis
95 problems that Martin Luther wanted the Roman Catholic Church to fix
King Charles the 5th
King of Spain and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire he disagreed with the the Protestant movement, because he disagreed with the movement he got recognition and praise from the pope but got Spain into many wars
Edict of worms
Declaration made by King Charles the fifth that Martin Luther and anyone who helps him is s criminal and would be punished
John Calvin
French Protestant who founded Calvinism which was associated with the doctorine of predestination
Predestination
The belief that at the beginning of time god decided who would be saved and live forever in heaven and who would not
John Knox
Follower of John calving who founded the Scottish Presbyterian movement
Presbyterian
Designation of a church of a traditionally Calvinistic Protestant faith governed by presbyters or elders who were secular layman
Henry the eighth
King of England who married a lady, lady didn’t have boy, forms his own faith, the Church of England tried to get rid of all Roman Catholic followers. Made himself head of the English
Church just so he could get a annulment after he already got another women pregnant so when she didn’t have a son he accused her of treason and had her beheaded, third tries a charm so he remarried again had a son married 3 more women son was an idiot did nothing for England died queen Elizabeth the 1st was now queen outlived any English monarchs and was a good leader
Act of sepremecy
Made the ruler of England the head of the Church of England
Elizabeth 1st
First women to lead England after Henry and his son croaked leaving her as the only aire and she did a good job