Protestant Reformation Student Handout
EQ: How did the Protestant Reformation impact the
European world?
What do I need to be able to do?
 Analyze the impact of the Protestant
Reformation; include the ideas of Martin Luther
and John Calvin.
 Explain the importance of Gutenberg and the
invention of the printing press.
Based on the name of this topic, what do you think it’s going to be all about? (“Protestant Reformation”)
Problems in the Catholic Church
• By the 16th century, _________________ in the ______________ ______________ led many to begin to
_______________ the Church
• What were the issues?
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Martin Luther
• Martin Luther was a ______________ and professor in _____________________
• He was especially upset by the ______________ of __________________ for forgiveness of _______.
• What is an indulgence?
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After studying the ________________, he began to believe that ________________ was through
_________ _____________, not by _________ _________ and faith like the Catholic Church __________
suggested
Stop and Think Questions:
1. What were the criticisms of the Catholic Church leading up to the Protestant Reformation?
2. Why do you think these things bothered people?
95 Theses
• In 1517, Luther posted his “____________________” on the ______________ of the Castle ____________
in Wittenberg, ____________________
• He stated his beliefs that based on _____________ _________________ came through ___________ alone
• He also _________________ the _______________ of _____________________.
Why did Martin Luther’s ideas spread so fast?
Impact of 95 Theses
• Martin Luther’s ideas _______________ quickly and he gathered _____________ from lots of people
• The Catholic Church __________________________ Luther in 1521.
• He ________________ to ________________ his ideas, and was made an outlaw according to the
________________________________.
• His __________ were to be __________________ and he was supposed to be __________________ to the
Holy Roman _______________, but he was _____________ by his _____________ German ___________.
• Martin Luther’s _______________ continued to gain _______________________
• Many German _____________ supported new state churches that held ___________ focused on
___________ readings, _____________ and _________ rather than the _______________ _____________.
• These first __________________ came to be known as __________________.
Stop and Think Questions:
1. What were the 95 Theses?
2. What was the Edict of Worms?
3. How did Martin Luther impact the European world?
Another Protestant Reformer – John Calvin
• John Calvin fled ___________ ________________ after he _______________ to
_______________________.
• He went to ____________________ where Huldrych _____________ led a ____________________
Reformation that focused on ____________, _________________ and ____________________.
• Calvin became the ________________ of the movement after Zwingli’s death and introduced the doctrine
of ___________________.
• In other words, Calvinists believed that God _____________ in _______________ who was ___________
and who __________.
Impact of Calvinism
• __________________ ________________ quickly in many places in ________________________.
Stop and Think Question:
1. How was Calvinism different from Lutheranism?
**Now, go back and answer the EQ at the beginning of your notes 