1. What was the religious movement to reform the catholic churches?
2. Martin Luther visited a catholic church, what did he discover about the Roman Clergy, meaning what did they care so much about?
3. What was some of the ways the Catholic church got money?
4. What did Luther do or write to show all the abuses of the church?
5. What two things did the church do to Luther once he wrote the abuses?
6. When they ordered Luther to take back what he said how did he reply?
7. Even though Luther was considered an outlaw, what did he still attract?
8. What did Luther start all over Europe? Who was the most influential follower?
9. According to Luther and Calvin what could you gain salvation through?
10. What was Luther most angry about when he saw all the abuses?
11. What was Calvin's most important teaching, and what did it mean?
12. What did the Catholic Church say about how you could gain salvation?
13. Who weakened the Catholic Church, and what was the major thing they did to weaken it?
14. Because of all the abuses of the Catholic Church, who also began to oppose them?



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1. Reformation
2. Money and power
3. They sold indulgences, and promise people that they or their relatives would go to heaven if they paid a certain amount of money?
4. Wrote the 95 these
5. Excommunicated him then sent him to a Diet of Worms to make him take back what he had said
6. He replied that he will stay faithful to God and take nothing back
7. Supporters and followers
8. A protestant Reformation, John Calvin
9. Faith
10. The Indulgences
11. Predestination, which meant that God long ago determined who would gain salvation
12. You could reject or choose the path of salvation
13. Martin Luther, he wrote the 95 these and posted them on the Wittenberg main church door
14. The Rulers, kings
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Did You Remember?

QUESTIONS

1. In 1510 when Luther visited Rome, what did many preists and bishops do?

2. What happened to the clergy of the Catholic Church?

3. What did the church make its members do?

4. What are indulgences?

5. How could you be guarintied into heaven durning that time?

6. What did the Catholic Church use the money for?

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ANSWERS

1. They broke their religious vows

2. The clergy seemed to be more interseted in being wealthy and powerful than freeing peoples souls

3. They made them pay heavy taxes

4. Pardons for sins

5. If you contributed money to the church

6. To pay for their fancy churches and rich lifestyle of the pope

By: Kassandra Murphy