Printing Press Quiz with Target Sheet on half sheet paper.
1. In what year was the Printing Press invented.
2. How old was Gutenberg when he invented it?
3. Who was Gutenberg’s mother?
4. In what year did Gutenberg die?
5. How many copies of the Gutenberg Bible were in the first printing?
6. Turn in your quiz to me or give me $1 or more towards fundraising for a new
water fountain and I’ll give you a 100% and tear up your quiz.
Today’s Goal: Use Martin Luther’s 95 Theses to
determine cause of Reformation.
Today you will play the role of Humanists in Europe. You believe in questioning
authority, personal independence, and individual expression. You believe in your own
ability to interpret the Bible now that it can be printed in your own language and you
begin to question the Catholic Church and some of their practices now that you can
actually read the Bible yourself.
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News has spread of a man named Martin Luther who has
posted a document which questions the church on the doors
of church in Germany.
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They say he wants to REFORM the Catholic Church.
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Who is this Martin Luther who dares speak heresy? Would
you agree with his opinions?
WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER
Father of the Protestant Reformation, Martin
Luther - A German monk
1.Parents sent him to law school
2.Late one day during a thunderstorm, he was
almost struck by lightening. He saw that as a
sign to quit law school and join a monastery.
3.The more he studied, the more he thought
the Church had gone astray.
4.In 1517, he wrote down 95 arguments (or
theses) against the church and hung them on
the wall in Germany.
5.He printed a copy of the Bible in German
instead of Latin and his PROTESTS against the
Church began what was called the Protestant
Reformation.
6.He is the father of the PROTESTANT
REFORMATION....
IN HIS DOCUMENT CALLED THE 95 THESIS,
MARTIN LUTHER QUESTIONED A FEW OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH PRACTICES
Father of the Protestant Reformation, Martin
Luther - A German monk
1.What were the 95
Theses?
2.What church
practices might he
argue against?
3.What was happening
in the Catholic Church
that was so bad?
Corruption in the Catholic Church
Beginning in the 1300s, many Christian thinkers felt the Catholic church
and the Pope were becoming too political and economic!
Spiritual Leaders such as monks, nuns, priests,
bishops...
Lived elegantly
Broke Vows
Wore jeweled robes
behaved like royalty
SIMONY
Simony: Catholic Church way of raising money by selling jobs.
FOR SALE: Important Catholic jobs
The Church also sold offices or leadership positions to raise money.
Instead of being chosen for merit, buyers paid for their appointments.
Buying a job was fruitful cause remember how some of the clergy were living
lavishly? It could lead to more wealth.
Some folks bought more than one job and never even performed the job or duty
- benefitted financially and politically only.
If you were a Catholic, would you like the church’s practice of simony?
FOR SALE:
Indulgences
Indulgence: Release from punishment for sins
The Church’s use of selling indulgences ticked off more than a few folks.
It sort of makes it look like one could buy his/her way into heaven.
Plus, folks who bought indulgences didn’t have to do good works to get into
heaven.
What is a humanist or Catholic going to think about the sale of indulgences?
How were the sale of indulgences
similar to my quiz points sales?
No one’s quiz will really be graded - those weren’t good
questions.
What did you think of the policy when you were in the
middle of it?
Is it justifiable? Why? How did you feel knowing it was
from me?
How does it compare to the selling of indulgences?
Students who were honorable and studied, couldn’t get
any higher
What do you think of these other Church Sales?
Some church officials sold other holy objects as well too.
Holy relics of the saints might be for sale.
In addition, all Catholics paid tax or tithes to the Church.
Many people didn’t like paying taxes to Rome and to their own government.
Question:
How did the Catholic Church raise money during the late Middle Ages?
a. Selling indulgences.
c. Taxing Catholics
c. Selling jobs
d. All of the above
As a humanist in your country, you are curious.
Interpret the 95 Theses to uncover his arguments
against the Church.
With a partner, For each argument, read it aloud. Do your best to re-phrase it
in your own words.
If you come to an argument that you don’t understand, skip it and move on.
Once you’ve interpreted the all of the theses on the page, move onto the
processing. You must really think. This is very challenging.
You may begin.
Debrief
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Which arguments were easiest to interpret? Explain them by number.
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Which arguments were hardest? Let’s interpret them
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Answer this question... Describe the main idea behind Luther’s 95 Thesis.
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What were your best solutions to these complaints?
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What might be the consequences of these solutions?
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How could you find out what really happened?
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Come to class tomorrow with target question # 9 complete and you will
participate in movies that will help you answer the question.