The Reformation Continues

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The Reformation Continues

• John Calvin forms his own branch of Protestantism
• Believes in predestination
• Sets up a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland
• Very strict and moral codes rule the city
• Calvinism spreads throughout Europe
• Takes strong hold in France
• Calvinist followers are known an Huguenots

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New Protestant Sects

• Numerous Protestant sects emerged following John
  Calvin
• Presbyterianism
• Founded by John Knox
• Version of Calvinism
• Anabaptists
• Only baptized people old enough to be Christians
• Believed church and state should be separate
• Refused to go to war

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The Catholic Reformation

• The Catholic Church aimed to regain power
• Established the Council of Trent 1545
• Set out to revive the moral authority of the
  church
• The Inquisition
• A church court to try enemies of the Church
• Used secret testimony torture execution
• Prepared the Index of forbidden books

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The Catholic Reformation continued

• Church clergy also aimed to regain power
• Establishment of the Society of Jesus
• Known as the Jesuits
• Founded by Ignatius of Loyola
• Determined to combat heresy
• Tried to spread the Catholic faith

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Legacy of the Reformation

• Religious and Social Effects
• Many new Protestant sects arose
• Catholic Church became more unified
• Focus on Catholic education
• Founding of Catholic schools
• Political Effects
• Monarchs gained power, church lost power
• Questioning of beliefs and authority laid the
  groundwork for the Enlightenment

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