The Reformation Flashcards
Protestants
Christians who broke away from the catholic church
Tithe
The people that lived in the church paid a tithe or tax to the church . This money was used and to pay the priest
Renaissance popes and example
Many popes were not actually holt , they were more interested in politics etc. For example pope sixtus IV supported art and science , he was involved in a plot to have the
ruler of florence ,Lorenzo de medici murdered during mass!
Simony
The buying and selling of church positions
Neptism
Appointing a relative person from your family to an imortant church position
Absenteeism
Bishops or priests not living in their diocese or parishes
Pluralism
Holding more than one position in the church
Purgratory
According to the catholic church , the place where people were punished for their sins and purified before going to heaven
Indulges
The church said that indulges reduced the time someone spent in purgatory
Reformation
Period of religious change that lead to a division among christians