- indulgence: a pardon for sinners to not have a punishment for their wrong action; didn't affect God's right to
judge who came to heaven but Tetzel said it could buy a way into heaven
- Reformation: a movement for religious reform; led to the founding of Christian churches
- Luthern: what Luther and his followers' religion was called
- Protestant: Christians who belong to non-Catholic churches
- Peace of Augsburg: a famous religious settlement that decided that each ruler could determine the religion
of that state
- annul: set aside (for marriage)
- Anglican: Church of England with Elizabeth as head
3.) What political, economic, and social factors helped bring about the Reformation?
- powerful monarchs challenged Church as the supreme power in Europe
- many leaders viewed the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged authority
- European princes and kings were jealous of the Church's wealth
- merchants and others resented having to pay taxes to Church
- Renaissance values of humanisms and secularism led to people to question Church
- the printing press helped to spread ideas critical of Church
4.) From where did the term Protestantism originate?
- developed out of the Reformation (16th-century protest in Europe against beliefs and practices of the
Catholic Church
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