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Socials Protestant Reformation and the Counter Reformation
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- 1What are three examples of Protestant religionsPresbyterians
Baptists
United - 2Name 3 Non Christian religionsIslam
Taoism
Judaism - 3What is heresy / punishments for crimeBelief contrary to religious beliefs. Crimes include excommunication
- 4What are indulgences ?Indulgences are certificates that will get rid of your sins without going to purgatory
- 5Who was Tetzel and who was his opposition to?Tetzel is famous for arousing the ire of Martin Luther by his outrageous claims for the sale of Catholic Indulgences
- 6What were Luther's other ideas in the 95 ThesesPeople were saved by believing in God. God was merciful. Anyone can interpret the Bible.
- 7Describe Pope Leo X's bullA bull is an official order from the pope with his lead seal, called a bulla, attached. Pope Leo’s bull disapproved many of Luther’s teachings and threatened the monk with excommunication. Luther burned a copy in Germany,
- 8Describe the Diet of WormsDiet - Assembly. Worms - German city. It was called by the Roman Catholic Church. The purpose of the meeting was to deal with Martin Luther.
- 9Who supported Luther and why?Some members of the clergy who agreed with Luther's critisism of what was wrong in the RC Church. Townspeople who didn't like paying taxes to Rome. German nobility who wanted control of valuable church lands and who restented paying taxes to Rome. Peasants who resented the heavy burden of tithes to the Church.