Protestant Reformation

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Protestant Reformation

• Ariana Cole
• World History Honors
• March 25,2009

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What started the Protestant Reformation?

• The Protestant Reformation was the switch from
  Catholic to Protestant religion.
• Desiderius Erasmus was the one who sparked the
  reformation. He wrote Praise of Folly which
  criticized the church and their need for reform.
• Martin Luther also disagreed with the Catholic
  teachings. It is said that Erasmus laid the egg
  that Luther hatched. (Glencoe, 413)

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Martin Luther

• In an effort to absolve this, he wrote his
  95-Theses. This was an attack on the Catholic
  Church because it questioned the sell of
  indulgences.

• Luther believed that people gained their
  salvation through faith and not good works or
  through the sell of indulgences (pieces of paper
  to clear their sins.)

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The Catholic Church

• At this time the leaders of the church were only
  concerned with politics and money. They were not
  at all concerned with the religious aspects of
  their job.
• The church leaders automatically got a free
  pass to salvation because of their job and good
  works.

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The Sale of Indulgences

• These indulgences were sold by Johann Tetzel with
  the saying As soon as the coffer money box
  rings, the soul from purgatory springs. (Galens)
• The common people were told that if they bought
  an indulgence they could reduce loved ones time
  in purgatory by 1,143 yrs.

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Social System

• The social system stayed the same.
• This is because the rich were usually the ones
  who could buy their salvation and go to heaven.
• The poor people were still poor because they
  couldnt buy the indulgences and were said to go
  into purgatory.
• So the Reformation didnt do any thing to change
  the social status.

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