Warm UpWarm Up

Answer the following questions with a partner:Answer the following questions with a partner:

What was the “Avignon Papacy?” How did it What was the “Avignon Papacy?” How did it lead to the Great Schism?lead to the Great Schism?

How did Wycliffe and Huss feel about the role How did Wycliffe and Huss feel about the role of the Church in interpreting the Bible?of the Church in interpreting the Bible?

What “immediate issue” prompted Luther to What “immediate issue” prompted Luther to post his post his 95 Theses95 Theses for debate? for debate?

The Reformation and The Reformation and the Spirit of Capitalismthe Spirit of Capitalism

Causes of the Causes of the ReformationReformation

SocialSocial The Renaissance The Renaissance

values of humanism values of humanism and secularism led and secularism led people to question people to question the Churchthe Church

The printing press The printing press helped to spread helped to spread ideas critical of the ideas critical of the ChurchChurch

PoliticalPolitical Powerful monarchs Powerful monarchs

challenged the challenged the Church as the Church as the supreme power in supreme power in EuropeEurope

Many leaders viewed Many leaders viewed the pope as a foreign the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged ruler and challenged his authorityhis authority

EconomicEconomic European princes and European princes and

kings were jealous of kings were jealous of the Church’s wealththe Church’s wealth

Merchants and others Merchants and others resented having to resented having to pay taxes to the pay taxes to the ChurchChurch

ReligiousReligious Some Church leaders Some Church leaders

had become worldly had become worldly and corruptand corrupt

Many people found Many people found Church practices Church practices such as the sale of such as the sale of indulgences indulgences unacceptableunacceptable

Branches of ProtestantismBranches of Protestantism

LutheranismLutheranism

AnglicanismAnglicanismEpiscopalianEpiscopalianBaptistBaptistMethodistMethodistPentecostalPentecostal

CalvinismCalvinismPresbyterianPresbyterianReformedReformed

Roman Catholic

Lutheran Calvinist Anglican

Leadership Pope Ministers Council of Elders

English Monarch

Salvation Faith and Good Works

Faith Alone God has predetermined who will be saved

Faith Alone

Bible Church and Bible reveal truth

Bible is truth Bible is truth Bible is truth

Worship Service

Based on ritual

Preaching and ritual

Preaching Preaching and ritual

Interpretation of Beliefs

Priests interpret Bible and Church teachings

Individuals interpret Bible

Individuals interpret Bible

Individuals interpret Bible using tradition and reason

Who were the Early Who were the Early Protestants?Protestants?

UrbanitesUrbanites

LiterateLiterate

Members of new trades:Members of new trades: PrintersPrinters BooksellersBooksellers Painters/ goldsmithsPainters/ goldsmiths Silk-makersSilk-makers

Entrepreneurial spiritEntrepreneurial spirit

Judges and Judges and Parliamentary courtsParliamentary courts

Why was Protestantism Why was Protestantism Appealing?Appealing?

Sober, industrious Sober, industrious lifestyle went well with lifestyle went well with making money in making money in trade and industrytrade and industry

Northern European Northern European countries and the countries and the Atlantic- based tradersAtlantic- based traders

Large numbers of Large numbers of nobles were motivated nobles were motivated by opportunism and by opportunism and personal consciencepersonal conscience

Secular Rule of LawSecular Rule of Law

The Relationship Between The Relationship Between Protestantism and CapitalismProtestantism and Capitalism

Wasting time is the Wasting time is the worst of sinsworst of sins

Labor (even for the Labor (even for the wealthy) is wealthy) is ordained by Godordained by God

Puritan ethic Puritan ethic encouraged hard encouraged hard work and the spirit work and the spirit of profitof profit

Serving God’s GloryServing God’s Glory

Puritans felt a duty Puritans felt a duty to hold and increase to hold and increase their possessionstheir possessions

The pursuit of The pursuit of wealth in itself was wealth in itself was bad, but attaining it bad, but attaining it as the result of as the result of one’s labor was a one’s labor was a sign of God’s sign of God’s blessingblessing

The Response to LutherThe Response to Luther

GermanyGermany

EnglandEngland

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

ScotlandScotland

FranceFrance

NetherlandsNetherlands

Catholic ReformationCatholic Reformation

Legacies of the Legacies of the ReformationReformation

Individual monarchs Individual monarchs and states gained and states gained powerpower

Development of Development of modern nation- statesmodern nation- states

States sought more States sought more power through power through warfare, exploration, warfare, exploration, and expansionand expansion

Questioning of belief Questioning of belief and authority laid the and authority laid the groundwork for the groundwork for the EnlightenmentEnlightenment

Do-Now

With a partner, answer the following questions in your “reflection” section: What would you say was the main difference

between the Catholic Church and ALL Protestant religions?

How did the Protestant Reformation coincide with the rise in Capitalism?

How did the Renaissance help lead to the Reformation?