The Flashcards
Who was in charge for many years
The Roman Catholic Church
What were the people who protested against the church before called?
Heretics
In which century did the Reformation take place in
15-16th Centuries
What was the Reformation?
When the Church split up in Protestant and Catholic
Why did the church need Reformation
1) Many people disliked having to pay so many taxes to the pope in Rome
2) Many important churchmen had become Lazy and were more interested in money and power than religion.
3) The Renaissance had taught some scholars to doubt what the church told them about God and nature
4) People thought the idea of buying forgiveness for sins was wrong.
5) Kings dislikes the idea that the pope was above them. They wanted to rule their land themselves
6) The printing press was invented