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REFORMATION Cycle 1 Meeting 4  Imagine you lived in a world where you couldn't choose your religion. How would that affect your life? Also, reflect on a time when you stood up for something you believed in, even if it was difficult. REFORMATION  State of the Church...

REFORMATION Cycle 1 Meeting 4  Imagine you lived in a world where you couldn't choose your religion. How would that affect your life? Also, reflect on a time when you stood up for something you believed in, even if it was difficult. REFORMATION  State of the Church th (16 c.) ✔ Priests were extravagant and excessive ✔ “Indulgences” were sold (at a high price) MARTIN LUTHER At and early age, Luther developed an early interest in monastic life. German theologian and religious reformer. Sola fide, Sola gratia, and Sola scriptura Johann Tetzel and the creation of the 95 Theses. Aimed to reform the sentiment in the work of the Church as well as some openly provocative statements. Thesis 86, for example.. “Why does not the pope, whose wealth today is greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build the basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?” Spread of protestant ideas and religion across Europe. Lutheranism, founded by Luther, is the first protestant religion, and still exists today. While Lutherans claim that “faith alone can bring salvation”, other Protestant religions hold other principles. How is the spread of ideas possible? Johaness Gutenberg and the printing press  Effects on POLITICS The Counter-Reformation, a movement within the Roman Catholic Church to reform and revive itself. Spread of Luther’s beliefs in government institutions that harmed the relationship between the Church and State. Social revolts of the peasants using Luther’s teaching. Effects on ECONOMY People are not paying taxes due to the revolts. Pillaging of Churches. Economic instability.  Effects on SOCIETY Laid the intellectual framework for modernism (made possible by the printing press) Translation of the Bible into German, French, English, and other languages. Protestant worship services in the local language rather than Latin. The establishment of many Protestant churches, groups, and movements How do you think will the Catholic Church respond to the Reformation? JOHN CALVIN Believed in Predestination God selected people who will be saved CALVINISM total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistibility of grace and final perseverance of the saints THEOCRACY France, Netherlands, Scotland Central and Eastern Europe ENGLISH REFORMATION King Henry VIII “Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived”  Reformation in England. Henry’s driving desire for a male heir was to lead him to divorce two wives: it led to religious revolution and the creation of the Church of England, the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Reformation. Henry took matters into his own hands and broke from Rome and the Roman Catholic Church.  Reformation in England. Parliament passed The Act of Supremacy in 1534 which made Supreme Head of the Church of England. After his desperate pursuit of a male heir, it was his daughter Mary I, daughter of Catherine of Aragon, who went on to become one of interesting figure of the English Monarchy. Because of the breakout of different ideologies that resulted to crumbling of the church, the church responded to these by creating their own form of reformation, the Counter Reformation. Synthesis: KASEL HIGHLIGHT What can we learn from the Reformation about standing up for our beliefs and managing conflicts constructively? (SEL- Self management and Responsible Decision Making) Assignment: OLEI “How do you think the Catholic Church responds to the Reformation?”