The Reformation
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Bell Ringer: What is an invention today that is
similar to the impact of the Printing Press?
Quick Quiz Renaissance
Lecture: Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant
Reformation.
Document Analysis: 95 Theses
Compare and Contrast Luther and Calvin
Cause and Effects of Martin Luther
Review and Testing Guidelines
Overview
 Martin Luther believed
he had the one true
vision of the church and
attempted to correct all
other Christians.
 In the end he further
subdivided the church.
The Sale of Indulgences
• In the Catholic faith,
indulgences reduce
penalties due for sins.
• Tetzel, a Dominican Friar
claimed that indulgences
would automatically
remove guilt and the
penalty.
• Luther claims that
indulgences are wrong.
Painting by Carracci
95 Theses
• He forbid the sale of
indulgences.
• Luther felt indulgences
created a middle person
that interfered with God.
• Indulgences cannot get
you out of purgatory,
only God can.
• The focus needed to be
on God, not the Pope or
Priests.
Pope Leo X
 He was not in a hurry to
deal with Luther.
 “Just a monk”
 He ordered a reply to the
theses, but Luther
increased his attack on
the Papacy.
 1520, Luther is
excommunicated.
Diet of Worms
 1521, Luther is granted a
hearing to recant his
theses.
 He refused, claiming that
Scripture was the only
source for him.
 Then he begins the
Lutheran Church.
Calvinism
 Men and women are
sinful by nature.
 Predestination
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He already has a plan
 Very strict…
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No card games, no
dancing, no bright
clothing, no sleeping in
church, no art, no
theater…