The Protestant Reformation Religious Conflict and Struggle in Western Europe (1517-1648)
The Protestant Reformation 1517 Martin Luther: The Rebel One Opportunity.
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The Protestant Reformation1517
Martin Luther:
The Rebel
One Opportunity.
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Background – a loss of confidence• The Catholic church-
THE church in Western Europe
• Black Plague had devastated Europe – people thought God was punishing them & Church couldn’t stop it
• Indulgences- pay money in order to get into heaven.
• The Church was extremely wealthy– Taxes
• Church officials- many not very concerned with spiritual matters
• Pope Leo X was trying to raise money to build a big new church in Rome (selling indulgences)
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Pope Leo and his crib
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The Protester• Martin Luther was a strange
person plagued by the idea that he could never be good enough for God to love
• Became a monk when he was frightened by being caught outside during a thunder storm
• Was very worried about his soul’s salvation – confessed his sins for hours, fasted, went without sleep, trying to make up for sins
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Luther’s cell as a monk
Cell sweet Cell
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Luther’s Breakthrough
• Developed the idea of justification by faith
• Have faith in God-all that was needed to get to heaven
• Luther wanted to share this information with everyone– Thought Pope would agree, but he didn’t
• The Pope just wanted $$ for his cathedral in Rome
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The Conflict• A Catholic agent was
in town, selling indulgences (get out of Purgatory free cards), giving people guilt-trips
• “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs” – John Tetzel’s selling slogan
Signed by John Tetzel, with whom Luther has his disagreement
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The 95 Theses• Luther began seeing
the church as corrupt, especially in selling indulgences
• Wrote 95 complaints about indulgences and the church’s power
• Nailed them to the castle church door in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517 causing a debate to begin
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Spread of Luther’s Ideas• Printing press let Luther’s
ideas spread quickly – Luther becomes even more radical and gains popular support
• Pope condemns Luther• Luther burns the Pope’s
excommunication in the public square
• German princes called Luther to the town of Worms, for a diet, or meeting
• Told Luther to take back what he’d said
• Luther refuses to take back what he said and is forced to go into hiding
• German princes use Reformation as a rallying cry to free Germany of Papal interference
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The Results
• People soon take up Luther’s ideas, sparking wars and religious/political problems all over Europe
• The church in Europe would never reunify – it would remain split between Catholics and Protestants
Luther’s protector, Frederick the Wise
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Protestant Reformation Task • Create a comic strip (at least six slides)
depicting the stages of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther is the main character and should be included on every slide.
• For each slide, write a short
explanation (at least two sentences
each).
• Last, go view the 95 Theses on
the door. Write one down and
explain what it means.