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Title: REFORMATION


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REFORMATION
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Between the 11th and 15th centuries, the Catholic
Church was associated with two long-running
issues which amply illustrated the unacceptable
face of Catholicism The Crusades and the
Inquisition
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  • An abuse of power by the Catholic Church was the
    root cause of the Reformation. This was no
    dispute about heavenly matters or the nature of
    God, Jesus, and the Holly Ghost. The issues were
    earthbound and surrounded the manipulative
    interpretation of Gods will by the Pope.

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MARTIN LUTHER
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Martin Luther
  • A monk , found the sale of indulgences a bizarre
    distortion of Christian doctrine.
  • In 1517, he produced his 95 Theses, challenging
    the might of the papacy.
  • Not only did he stand by his ideas, but he became
    a rallying point for the people.

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I want to preach, I want to talk, I want to
write, but I do not want to force anyone, for
faith needs to be voluntary and free and received
without fear.
  • In 1534, Luther left the Monastery at Wittenberg
    and a year later he married a former Cistercian
    nun, Katharina von Bora. They had six children.

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john calvin
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John Calvin
  • A law and theology student who began campaigning
    for Protestantism in the 1530s.
  • Calvin shared some of Luthers beliefs, for
    example, in the authority of the Scriptures and
    the importance of personal faith.
  • He wanted to see the Church running the state.
  • His most famous work was the Institutes of the
    Christian Religion which lay down the rules of
    the reformed church

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  • The new church evolved in England through a
    different and far less virtuous route than in
    Europe. Yes, monks and priests were renowned for
    drinking and womanizing. Yes, the taxes imposed
    by the Catholic Church in Rome were unpopular.
    But the birth of the new religious movement was
    due more to one mans vendetta than any doctrinal
    debate.

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H E N R Y VIII
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Henry VIII
  • Henry VIII was happy to embrace the Church and
    its authority until its interests clashes with
    his own.
  • He questioned the legitimacy of marrying the
    widow of a dead brother.
  • Thomas Cromwell drew up a series of laws that
    made the monarch head of the church in England
    rather than the pope.

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BLACK
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Black Plague
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  • thought to have begun in Central Asia or India
    and spread to Europe during the 1340s. The total
    number of deaths worldwide is estimated at
    75 million people approximately 25-50 million of
    which occurred in Europe.The Black Death is
    estimated to have killed 30 to 60 of Europe's
    population. It may have reduced the world's
    population from an estimated 450 million to
    between 350 and 375 million in 1400.

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  • At Siena, Agnolo di Tura wrote
  • "They died by the hundreds, both day and night,
    and all were thrown in ditches and covered with
    earth. And as soon as those ditches were filled,
    more were dug. And I, Agnolo di Tura buried my
    five children with my own hands And so many
    died that all believed it was the end of the
    world.

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Effects on the Church
  • The Black Death led to cynicism toward religious
    officials who could not keep their promises of
    curing plague victims and banishing the disease.

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  • This increased doubt in the clergys abilities.
    Extreme alienation with the Church culminated in
    either support for different religious groups
    such as the flagellants,

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  • The Black Death hit the monasteries very hard
    because of their proximity with the sick, who
    sought refuge there, so that there was a severe
    shortage of clergy after the epidemic cycle.
  • This resulted in a mass influx of hastily-trained
    and inexperienced clergy members, many of whom
    knew little of the discipline and rigor of the
    veterans they replaced.
  • This led to abuses by the clergy in years
    afterwards and a further deterioration of the
    position of the Church in the eyes of the people.

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  • BLACK Plague
  • Cities and Countries were at war
  • Even the Church was in trouble because the Pope
    had left Rome and moved to France (Avignon)

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Catherine (Benincasa) of Siena
  • She became a Dominican tertiary.
  • Mission To bring the Holy Father back to Rome
    and to teach Catholics to obey him.

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  • She wrote many letters to the Holy Father,
    begging him to return to Rome and asking him to
    be a strong leader of Gods people who were
    suffering.

Why is the pope in FRANCE???
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