HOW MANY DIFFERENT PROTESTANT GROUPS CAN YOU THINK OF? The Protestant Reformation
Jan 02, 2016
Main Idea
Corruption and abuses in the Catholic Church led to a movement criticizing the Church which brought major changes in religion and politics throughout Europe.
Essential questions: How did the Protestant Movement originate and what
impact did it have? What were the goals and beliefs of the Protestant
Movement?
Criticisms of Catholicism
Abuse of powerImmorality
Popes & priests w/ kids
Life of luxury for clergy
Financial corruption Sale of indulgences Heavy taxation (to pay
for art, etc.)
Martin Luther
1517 – The 95 Theses MAIN POINTS
Indulgences - NO power to remit sins
Salvation by faith aloneBible only source of
truthLess rigidity/ritual
Services in vernacular Bible read by all Community of believers
vs. hierarchy of clergy
Church Reaction
Pope Leo X excommunicates Luther
1521 – Edict of Worms Luther an outlaw Writings condemned
Edict of Worms
Charles V – Holy Roman Emperor
“For this reason we forbid anyone from this time forward to dare, either by words or by deeds, to receive, defend, sustain, or favor the said Martin Luther. On the contrary, we want him to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic, as he deserves, to be brought personally before us. . .”
Luther’s Response
“. . .I am bound by the Sacred Scriptures I have cited . . .and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything. . .God help me.”
Rushed out of Worms & hidden in Wartburg, Germany
Spread of Protestant Movement
Lutheranism – 1st Protestant faith
1529 – Charles V tries to suppress Lutheran movement
1530 – German princes protest (giving us Protestant)
Calvinist (Reformed Church)
Switzerland“. . .people are sinful
by nature . . .”Theocracy
Strict laws Church mandatory Color of clothing
Predestination – God knows who will be saved and nothing you can do can change your fate
Church of England
Henry VIII “Defender of the Faith”
“The King’s Great Matter” 1st wife can’t have son Wants annulment Pope says no
Reformation Parliament Henry head of church
not pope (kept doctrines/rituals)
Act of Supremacy
Anglican
Henry VIII dies 1547Only son Edward VI
takes throne, but dies in teens
Mary, his sister, tries to restore Catholicism “Bloody Mary”
1558 – Elizabeth I, half-sister, takes throne Blends Protestant belief
with Catholic practices