Reformation Worksheet
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What is the Reformation?
Who is credited with starting the Reformation?
Explain the concept “justification by faith.”
Define indulgences.
Who was the agent representing the Roman Catholic Church in northern Germany who promised
peasants that indulgences would relieve them from guilt of future sins?
What document, written by Martin Luther, criticized the practices of the Roman Catholic Church?
Where was the document mentioned in the question above first posted?
Name the three primary teachings of Martin Luther.
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Who believed that God possessed all-encompassing power and knowledge about the past, present,
and future, determining the fate of every person?
What is the Calvinist term that means God preordains everything?
Name the Swiss priests who broke completely with Catholic traditions.
Who were Anabaptists?
What two ideas promoted by Anabaptists were crucial in forming the United States of America?
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What caused the Reformation in England?
Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?
Name the second wife of King Henry VIII.
Name the third wife of King Henry VIII.
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What was the nickname of Henry VIII’s Catholic daughter?
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What earned her this nickname?
Who formed the Protestant religion known as Anglicanism?
Feeling a threat of Protestantism, Pope Paul III established a reform movement with three goals.
Name these goals.
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What was the purpose of the Inquisition?
At the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church defined their doctrine. Name the six key statements
about this doctrine.
Who founded the Society of Jesus?
What three things did Jesuits pledge to do?
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List the major result of the Reformation.