The Reformation

Question 1

What was the council of Trent focused on

Answer 1

Discipline and dochturine

Question 2

What were the 4 causes of the reformation

Answer 2

Poorly educated priests
The abuses of the church
The wealth of the church
The power of the kings

Question 3

What are the abuses of the church

Answer 3

Simony
Nepotism
Absenteeism
Pluralism
The sale of indulgences

Question 4

What is simony

Answer 4

The buying or selling of positions within the church

Question 5

What is nepotism

Answer 5

The appointing of relatives to church jobs regardless of merit

Question 6

Pluralism

Answer 6

Holding more than one church job at the same time

Question 7

What is absenteeism

Answer 7

A priest or bishop being absent from their parish for a long period of time

Question 8

What are indulgences

Answer 8

Special prayers that were said to reduce the time a soul spent in purgatory

Question 9

Who is Martin Luther

Answer 9

Martin Luther is the man who started the reformation

Question 10

When was Martin Luther born

Answer 10

1483

Question 11

What is justification by Faith alone

Answer 11

It means that only faith in God could get a person into heaven

Question 12

What is salvation

Answer 12

How to get into heaven

Question 13

Who was the man selling indulgences that caused Luther to write the 95 theses

Answer 13

John Tetzel

Question 14

Why was John Tetzel selling indulgences to the local people

Answer 14

Half of the money he raised was for the rebuilding of St Peter’s Basilica, with the other half going to the Archbishop of Mainz.

Question 15

What is the 95 theses

Answer 15

Arguments

Question 16

What is excommunication

Answer 16

It means you’ll be expelled from the church and no longer able to receive sacraments

Question 17

What is a papal bull

Answer 17

A formal letter and command

Question 18

What is diet or Worms

Answer 18

Charles v called a meeting with German princes in Worms

Question 19

What is a Hersey

Answer 19

Knowingly holding beliefs that went against the official teachings of the church

Question 20

What were the churches counter reformation

Answer 20

The court of inquisition
New religious orders
The council of Trent

Question 21

What is the court of inquisition

Answer 21

It was to try and arrest, and punish anyone who was thought to be a threat to the churches teachings

Question 22

Who were the jesuits founded by

Answer 22

Ignatius Loyola in 1534

Question 23

Who were the jesuits

Answer 23

They were missionaries that were trained like army personal and were trained to follow orders without question

Question 24

What was the council of Trent

Answer 24

Was churches the response to its attack on its teachings by the reformers

Question 25

Name 3 rules the church put in place to impose discipline

Answer 25

Simony, pluralism, nepotism, absenteeism and the sale of indulgences were banned.
• Seminaries were set up in every diocese to train priests.
• Priests were to be celibate and could not marry.

Question 26

What is predestination

Answer 26

the belief that God had already decided before a person was born whether they would go to heaven

Question 27

Catechism

Answer 27

This was designed to provide people with clear, simple answers to questions about their faith,