Is there any huge organization today that you think needs radical reform

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• Is there any huge organization today that you
  think needs radical reform?

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Guiding Questions

• Why did the Church face widespread criticism?
• How did Martin Luther challenge the Church?

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I. Problems with the Church

• A. Acted as a State
• 1. Fought wars for the protection of the Papal
  State
• 2. Owned the best lands throughout Europe
• B. Worldliness
• 1. Elaborate churches spent large sums of money
  for decorations
• 2. Popes enjoyed celebrity status and
  lifestyles

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• Financing
• 1.Projects, wars, lifestyle took money to
  maintain.
• 2.Church turned to the people to raise more
  money.
• Churches began to charge fees
• 1.Baptisms, funerals, weddings now cost money.
• 2.The Church was still short on money.

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• E. Indulgences
• 1.For a fee you could buy your way out of
  purgatory
• 2.You could do the same for a deceased
  relative.
• Question Who does this new system benefit most?

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II. Martin Luther

• German monk
• 1.Spoke out against Church practices.
• 2.Posted the 95 Theses on the Wittenberg Church
  door.
• 3.He was excommunicated by the Church.
• Peoples reaction
• 1.German clergy, Nobles, and peasants sided
  with Luther.
• 2.People who revolted are named Protestant
• 3.Revolts sprang up throughout Northern Europe.

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III. The Church Splits

• Charles V
• 1.Emporer of the Holy Roman Empire
• 2.Luanches a military campaign to take back
  Church land.
• Diet of Augsburg
• 1.Negotiation to solve the crises between the
  Church and the German people.
• 2.Prince will decide if his area will be
  Catholic or Protestant.
• C. Geography
• 1.Northern Europe becomes Protestant
• 2.Southern Europe becomes Catholic.

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Assignment

• Working alone answer these questions
• Why did the Church face widespread criticism?
• How did Martin Luther challenge the Church?
• Answer questions 1-7 on page 357
• All lecture notes and your homework assignment is
  due tomorrow

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Question 7 Concept Map Example Roman
Catholic Lutheran Calvinist Source of
Doctrine Beliefs about salvation Church
hierarchy Religious practices Leaders