The Reformation by Roxana Ghaly

Martin Luther

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-02 12:47:45 UTC

A German monk named Martin Luther had a goal to reform, and not break from the church. Martin didn't like the idea of indulgences that the Catholic church believed in so Martin wrote 95 arguments and posted it on the church door. The church didn't like what he said and they kicked him out. Martin ended up translating the bible to German so that everyone could get the chance to read it and he started his own protestant church so that people can learn the teachings of the church the way he thought was right.

John Calvin

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-02 12:55:58 UTC

John Calvin was a priest and lawyer who also had the same beliefs as Martin Luther. John had some other ideas that expanded the protestant reformation. He established his own community and added Calvinism to the protestant church's. The protestant reformation expanded to France because of John Calvin's ideas.

Thirty years war

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:29:02 UTC

There was a conflict between the Catholics and protestants which caused the 30 years war. The 30 years war helped put a stop to the violence towards the protestant reformation.

Printing press

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:30:47 UTC

The printing press helped spread Christianity. It helped translate the bible into different languages so everyone could get the chance to read the bible.

Trade

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:30:54 UTC

Trade is what helped spread the church writings and teachings. Trade helped people get involved with the reformation and share its ideas with the world to help expand the reformation.

Calvinism

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:32:04 UTC

Calvin believed the same beliefs as Luther and created another protestant faith named Calvinism. His ideas expanded the protestant reformation. the protestant belief started in Germany because of Luther and expanded to France because of Calvin.

Diet of Worms

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:33:34 UTC

After Luther wrote the 95 theses and posted it on the church door, the church didn't like that and told him to deny his ideas but Luther refused to. He ended up getting thrown out and Luther went into hiding. As Luther was in hiding he translated the bible to German so the Germans could read the teachings of the bible themselves. Luther also started the first protestant church while he was in hiding.

Lutheran church

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:34:24 UTC

Luther made the first Lutheran church to reform the way the catholic church was. Luther didn't like how the catholic church was mostly about money and how people had to buy their way into heaven so he started the protestant faith so people could gain salvation through faith, the bible was in charge and not the pope, and that all humans are equal before God. His goal was just to reform the church.

Protestantism

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:35:41 UTC

In 1534 Protestantism was made illegal which caused conflict and ended up having French Calvinists murdered from 1562 to 1598. In 1598 this caused the Edict of Nantes.

Edict of Nantes

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:37:49 UTC

The Edict of Nantes was one of the first orders of religious tolerance. In 1598 CE the Edict of Nantes granted freedom of worship so that everyone could pick their religion in peace without a fight but in 1685 CE King Louis XIV ended up canceling it.

The Jesuits

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:39:00 UTC

The Jesuits are the society of Jesus. Their mission was to spread the catholic belief and convert natives to Christianity. They started to set up schools to teach the catholic beliefs to expand the catholic faith during the reformation.

Peace of Augsburg

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:41:53 UTC

In 1555 CE Charles V ordered all the German princes to go to Augsburg to negotiate a settlement. They decided that each ruler of each state got to decide what religion they want to have but this just divided Germany further.

His first Community

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:46:11 UTC

John Calvin started his first community to help spread the protestant faith but monasteries ended, worship was over, and the pope resigned.

Early Reformers

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-11 12:48:51 UTC

John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are the early reformers who believed that the bible had more authority then the church. John Wycliffe translated the bible into English so that Christians get to read the bible themselves and see the beliefs of the bible.

schools

ghalyra27 — 2024-10-22 01:46:40 UTC

When schools help people learn how to read, it also helps them understand what the religious texts and books are saying. Schools are what helped people become smart, which also helped them change the economy during the reformation.