The Reformation

Question 1

Protestants

Answer 1

Christians who broke away from the Catholic Church

Question 2

Tithe

Answer 2

The people who lived in the parish paid a tithe or tax to the church. This money was used to pay the priest.

Question 3

Renaissance popes+example

Answer 3

Many popes weren’t very holy men. Pope Sixtus IV supported art and science. He was involved in a plot to have the ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici killed during mass.

Question 4

Simonary

Answer 4

The buying and selling of church positions.

Question 5

Nepotism

Answer 5

Appointing a relative to an important position in the church eg: bishop or Cardinal.

Question 6

Absenteeism

Answer 6

Bishops priests not living in their dioceses or parishes.

Question 7

Pluralism

Answer 7

Holding more than one position in the church eg:bishop of two dioceses.

Question 8

Purgatory

Answer 8

The place where a person was punished for their sins and purified before going to heaven.

Question 9

Indulgences

Answer 9

The Church said that indulgences reduced the amount of time a person spent in purgatory.They were then made pay for these indulgences.

Question 10

Reformation

Answer 10

Periods of religious change that led to a division among Christians