The protestant reformation
-
Upload
south-high -
Category
Education
-
view
304 -
download
1
description
Transcript of The protestant reformation
![Page 1: The protestant reformation](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022082916/54b965e94a795967768b4638/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
![Page 2: The protestant reformation](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022082916/54b965e94a795967768b4638/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
III. Protestant Reformation
A. Abuses in the Church1. Pope competed with princes for political
power
2. Sold indulgences – lessening of the time a soul would have to spend in purgatory
![Page 3: The protestant reformation](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022082916/54b965e94a795967768b4638/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
B. Luther’s Protest (German Monk)1. Wrote 95 Theses against indulgences
A. No basis in the bible
B. Pope had no authority to release souls from purgatory, Christians could be saved only through faith.
C. He was excommunicated from the church.
![Page 4: The protestant reformation](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022082916/54b965e94a795967768b4638/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
2. Luther’s Teaching
A. Argued salvation was achieved through faith alone
B. Bible the sole source of religious truth
C. Rejected the idea that priests had special powers
D. Translated bible to German vernacular
![Page 5: The protestant reformation](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022082916/54b965e94a795967768b4638/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
C. Spread of Lutheran Ideas1. Used the name Protestants to show that they
protested papal authority.
2. People believed Lutheranism was an answer to Church corruption.
![Page 6: The protestant reformation](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022082916/54b965e94a795967768b4638/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
C. John Calvin1. Preached predestination- God
already determined who would gain salvation
2. Two groups of People, saints and sinners
3. Set-up a theocracy – government ran by the church