Intro to protestant reformation

Intro to protestant reformation
Slide 1 Notes
Focus Question: “Why is the reformation a reflection of humanism”




Slide 2 Notes: What Are The 7 Sacraments?

1. Baptism
2. Eucharist (Communion)
3. Confirmation
4. Marriage
5. Reconciliation (Confession)
6. Anointing of the old/dying/sick
7. Holy orders (ordaining clergy)




Slide 3 Notes
● Earthly life -> Souls purified before death -> Heaven
● Earthly life -> Souls needing purification -> Purgatory -> Souls now purified -> Heaven
● Earthly life -> Souls with mortal sins -> Hell


Slide 4 Notes
● Leader: Martin Luther, Germany, Lawyer -> Catholic Monk
● Influence: Humanism -> Faith comes from the individual
● Protestants were labeled this by the catholic church since they were seen as protesting
the teachings of the catholic church
● Reformation: means to change and return to the ‘old/pure ways’



Slide 5 Notes: “The 95 Theses” Luther’s Critique of the Catholic
Church
● Believed the Catholic Church favored the rich
● Indulgences - pay to get to heaven from purgatory
● Corruption of the Catholic Church
○ Simony(buying church offices)