Lesson 7 The Catholic Church (IMAD)
The Catholic Church (IMAD)
Learning Target
Students can define the terms Protestant and Reformation
Students can explain the causes of the Protestant Reformation
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God
Pope
Cardinals
Arch-Bishops
Bishops
Priests and Monks
Laity – not in the clergy
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Protestant Reformation: Beginning
 Protestant = someone who protested against the teachings of the Catholic Church
 Reformation = when people began to demand a change in the religious system
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A Challenge of Church Political Authority
 King Philip IV of France tried to tax church officials
 The pope told the French clergy not to pay the tax
 The king arrested the pope Boniface VIII, and Italian
 Six years later, the king helped to elect a French pope, Clement V
 The new pope moved from Rome to Avignon in France
 Seventy years passed before a pope lived in Rome again
 At different times, more than one person claimed to be pope
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A Challenge of Church Religious Authority
 Those who challenged the church’s religious authority are called reformers
 One early reformer was John Wycliffe who said the church had too much power
 He said the Bible not the “church” should be the authority for Christians
 To allow people to read the Bible, Wycliffe translated the Latin Bible into English
 Another was John Huss who criticized the church for being to “worldly”
 Religious leaders feared a rebellion and claimed that Huss was a heretic
 A heretic teaches a belief that a religious authority thinks is false
 In 1415, they arrested Huss and burned him at the stake
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I – Indulgences = certificates that take away sin
 Church was selling forgiveness for $MONEY$
 Who will this anger?
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M – Merchants want Usury
 Usury = lending money and charging interest
 The Church says usury is wrong
 Who would this anger?
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A – Absolute Power and Wealth of the Church
 Why was the Catholic Church so powerful in Europe?
 Who would this anger?
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D – Domination of the Church by Italians
 For years the pope was only an Italian
 Italians were not the only Catholic people
 Who would this anger?
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Who’s Mad?
I = lower class
M = middle class
A = upper class
D = non-Italian church officials