The Reformation (1500-1600) Flashcards
Cause: Lay Movements
Due to the plague religious figures loose authority.
Mysticism becomes more popular.
People focus on personal bond with God.
Causes: State of the Church
Become patrons of the art, beautifying church.
Temporal over spiritual.
Babylonian Captivity
Pope in Rome and Pope in France.
They ex-communicate each other.
3rd pope in Pisa
Printing Press
More knowledge about corruption.
Brothers and Sisters of the Common Life
Lived outside the church and lived a common life.
Called for individual connection with God.
Imitation of Christ
Written by Thomas A Kempis
Abuses of the Catholic Church
Simony Pluralism Absenteeism Nepotism Indulgences
Simony
Buying and selling of church office
Pluralism
Holding multiple offices
Absenteeism
Hold multiple offices without being there.
Nepotism
Giving offices away to family and friends
Indulgences
Paying indulgence forgave penance
Clemont VI
Treasury of grace was a general account.
Saints leave behind grace.
You have a personal grace account.
Cause: Humanism
Northern Renaissance calls for reform from within (Erasmus and Moore)