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Title: The Protestant Reformation 1517


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The Protestant Reformation1517
Martin Luther The Rebel
One Opportunity.
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Background a loss of confidence
  • The Catholic church- THE church in Western Europe
  • Black Plague had devastated Europe people
    thought God was punishing them Church couldnt
    stop it
  • Indulgences- pay money in order to get into
    heaven.
  • The Church was extremely wealthy
  • Taxes
  • Church officials- many not very concerned with
    spiritual matters
  • Pope Leo X was trying to raise money to build a
    big new church in Rome (selling indulgences)

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Pope Leo and his crib
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The Protester
  • Martin Luther was a strange person plagued by the
    idea that he could never be good enough for God
    to love
  • Became a monk when he was frightened by being
    caught outside during a thunder storm
  • Was very worried about his souls salvation
    confessed his sins for hours, fasted, went
    without sleep, trying to make up for sins

5
Luthers cell as a monk
Cell sweet Cell
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Luthers Breakthrough
  • Developed the idea of justification by faith
  • Have faith in God-all that was needed to get to
    heaven
  • Luther wanted to share this information with
    everyone
  • Thought Pope would agree, but he didnt
  • The Pope just wanted for his cathedral in Rome

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The Conflict
  • A Catholic agent was in town, selling indulgences
    (get out of Purgatory free cards), giving people
    guilt-trips
  • As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the
    soul from purgatory springs John Tetzels
    selling slogan

Signed by John Tetzel, with whom Luther has his
disagreement
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The 95 Theses
  • Luther began seeing the church as corrupt,
    especially in selling indulgences
  • Wrote 95 complaints about indulgences and the
    churchs power
  • Nailed them to the castle church door in
    Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517 causing a
    debate to begin

9
Spread of Luthers Ideas
  • Printing press let Luthers ideas spread quickly
    Luther becomes even more radical and gains
    popular support
  • Pope condemns Luther
  • Luther burns the Popes excommunication in the
    public square
  • German princes called Luther to the town of
    Worms, for a diet, or meeting
  • Told Luther to take back what hed said
  • Luther refuses to take back what he said and is
    forced to go into hiding
  • German princes use Reformation as a rallying cry
    to free Germany of Papal interference

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The Results
  • People soon take up Luthers ideas, sparking wars
    and religious/political problems all over Europe
  • The church in Europe would never reunify it
    would remain split between Catholics and
    Protestants

Luthers protector, Frederick the Wise
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Protestant Reformation Task
  • Create a comic strip (at least six slides)
    depicting the stages of the Protestant
    Reformation. Martin Luther is the main character
    and should be included on every slide.
  • For each slide, write a short
  • explanation (at least two sentences
  • each).
  • Last, go view the 95 Theses on
  • the door. Write one down and
  • explain what it means.
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