Protestant Reformation
Unit 3, SSWH 9 d
ESSENTIAL QUESTION?
HOW DID LIFE CHANGE
DURING THE
REFORMATION?
Protestant Reformation =
“Religious Reform”
• Renaissance: emphasized the secular &
individuality (challenged Church)
• Rulers challenge Church’s power
• Critics claimed leaders in the Church
were corrupt (living extravagantly,
fathered children, married, drank,
gambled, & poorly educated)
• Friar Johann Tetzel sold
indulgences (forgiveness for the
punishment of their sins)
• Selling indulgences: people
could buy their way into heaven
• 95 Theses: Martin Luther posted
95 arguments against Tetzel’s
actions & the church
Luther’s Ideas
• People win salvation only by faith
in God’s gift of forgiveness
• All church teachings should be
clearly based on the words of the
Bible
• All people with faith are equal
Impact of the Reformation
• Followers of Martin Luther called
Lutherans
• The princes who protected Luther
/protested against Pope = “Protestants”
• Churches that practiced non-Catholic
ways = Protestants
• Peace of Augsburg: meeting to stop
fighting bet. Catholics & Protestant
princes
• Meeting allowed princes to
choose the type of church for
their state
• Protestantism broke into
several diff. church branches
• Govts. quarreled over what
church people should follow
John Calvin’s Ideas
• Calvin influenced by
Luther’s idea: humans can’t
earn a place in heaven
• Calvin’s idea - Predestination:
Believed that God chooses who will
be saved
• Believed govt. should be controlled
by religious leaders (theocracy)
Legacy of Reformation
• Left Europe culturally divided & ended
Christian unity: Protestant & Catholic
• Protestant churches flourished & new
denominations developed
• Role of education was emphasized
• Catholic Church power declined
• Individual monarchs & state gained
power
ESSENTIAL QUESTION?
HOW DID LIFE CHANGE
DURING THE
REFORMATION?
ANALYZE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS
OF THE REFORMAITON
THINK – PAIR - SHARE
ONE STUDENT DOES THE CAUSES
AND THE OTHER EFFECTS