Lesson3

The Reformation:The Beginning: Trouble for the Catholic Church.

Pam Hoffman

Computers in Education Final

Dr. Sinclair

Spring 2013

Miss Hoffman’s Sixth Grade Social Studies ©

Decline of Church Power

Rise of European nations. More power

taken by the European kings meant less

power for the Catholic Church.

The Church was also weakened by internal

conflict.

People began to question the church and

speak out against it.

The Avignon Papacy

In 1305 Clement V was elected pope

but refused to move to Rome.

1309-1376 the papal court resides in

Avignon, France.

The rest of Catholic peoples thought

the papacy was unduly influenced by

the French kings.

Map of Europe during Great

Schism

Question:

The Catholic Church uses

excommunication as a tool to…

A. Not talk to someone.

C. Revoke communion.

C. Promote through the

ranks of the Church.

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Explanation:

The Catholic church uses

excommunication as its most serious

punishment. By revoking

communion, the church is taking

Heaven away from those who are

excommunicated.

Question:

How many Popes typically reign at the

same time?

A. Two.

C. Three or more. D. One.

B. None.

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The Three Popes:

In 1378, the dual papacy in Avignon

and Rome started.

The two popes excommunicated the

rival pope and their followers.

It was not until 1418 when a

conference held by The Holy Roman

Emperor resulted in the removal of the

Avignon pope that the Catholic Church

began to heal.

Question:

How did internal differences weaken

the Catholic Church

A. Dividing a unified

church.

D. Kings were no longer

Catholic.C. The rise of nations.

B. People were less

religious.

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Explanation:

When the Catholic Church was unified it

was strong, there was only one Christian

church available. By the end of the

Reformation there were other sects of the

Christian Church.

Why did some want church

reform? Through time, the Catholic Church was a

dominate force in Europe.

Critics were not happy about some of the

ways the church earned and spent money.

While the church levied taxes on the

faithful, they did not have to pay national

taxes.

Indulgences:

Indulgences are pardons for sins.

The Catholic Church sold indulgences to

the more wealthy parishioners, exchanging

money for forgiveness of sins.

The Popes during the Renaissance also

spent fortunes on art, personal pleasure,

and material things.

Reformers

Reformers called on the church to

emphasize the spiritual not the

material world.

Desiderius Erasmus criticized the

church for neglecting Christian values

and criticized the reformers for diving

the church.

Erasmus and other humanist thinkers

shaped Martin Luther’s beliefs.

Question:

Why did people begin to question

some Church practices?

A. They no longer

believed in Christianity.B. The King told them to.

D. They disagreed about

how the church earned

and spent money.

C. They thought the

Pope was not strong.

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Review Question #1:

Pope Clement V moved the papal

court from Rome to which European

city?A. Florence, Italy.

D. London, England.C. Avignon, France.

B. Paris, France.

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Review Question #2:

How did the Great Schism weaken the

Church?

A. By creating confusion

and doubt among its

followers

C. By breaking the

Church into two.

B. By making the people

less faithful.

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Review Question #3:

What reforms did the critics of the

Church demand?

A. The Church to give up

its right to tax.

D. All of the above.C. Argued for a return to

the true Christian faith.

B. The Church to give up

its right to appoint

officials.

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Review Question #4:

What is an indulgence in the Catholic

Church?

A. dessert.

D. The pope’s hat.C. A tax.

B. A pardon for a sin.

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