The Reformation Flashcards
Why the the Renaissance popes a cause of duty reformation
Many popes lived unholy lives and were more interested in art politics and war than religion
Example: Pope julius II sponsored artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and michealangelo
Why was the wealth of the church a causev
The public payed a tax to the church. Many bishops built huge palaces for themselves. And the catholic church owned a lot of land
Example :Cardinal Wolsey (Chief advisor of king Henry VIII) he built Hampton court as his home
The abuses in the church cause
Simony Nepotism Absenteeism Pluralism Selling of indulgences
What is simony
The buying and selling of church positions
What was nepotism
Appointing a relative to an important role in the church
What was absenteeism
Bishops and priests not living in their dioceses and parishes linked with pluralism
What was pluralism
Holding more than one position in the church
What was the selling of indulgences
Selling someone a place in heaven or decrease of time in purgatory
Clergymen sold indulgences to people claiming if money was givin tithe church your time in purgatory would decrease
Where was purgatory
Purgatory was believed as a lace where sinners who were nor bad enough for hell would go to be punished before heaven
What was the impacts of the Renaissance cause
The bible was translated from Latin on to the vernacular(language of the people ) literate people could read the bible and make their own interpretation
The invention of the printing press (Gutenberg) meant that new ideas could spread very quickly across Europe- people decided for themselves that the reform was needed
Reasons for the reformation
The Renaissance popes
The wealth of the church
The abuses of the church SNAP
Impact of Renaissance
What where luthers main different teachings than the Catholic Church
Luther believed that you went to heaven by faith alone where as the catholic church believed it was by faith and good workd
Luther believed that he communion ion service should be in the language of the people (vernacular) but the Catholic Church only said mass in Latin
What where luthers main different teachings than the Catholic Church
Luther believed that you went to heaven by faith alone where as the catholic church believed it was by faith and good workd
Luther believed that he communion ion service should be in the language of the people (vernacular) but the Catholic Church only said mass in Latin
