Protestant Reformation

I. Protestant Reformation

                1.Religions reform that give rise a division in the west, Europe an church between Catholics and Protestants.

                2. Aided by:

                                1. Rise of Christian humans.

                                2. Concerns with Catholic Church.

                                                A. To concerned with military action use.

                                                B. Using religions positions to advance wealth or career.

                                                C. Some priests seemed ignorant of their spiritual duties.

                                                D. Give/selling of indulgences to help attain salvation.

                3. Desiderius Erasmus

                                1. Religious leader

                                2. Goal: to fix the problems

                                3. The Praise of Folly in the book it critiques Church and outlines his planes.

                                4. Philosophy of Christ

                                                A. The job of religious leaders to help people reach salvation.

                                5.He doesnt start the Reformation, but makes people aware of the problem.

                4. Martin Luther

                                1. Starts the Reformation  officially.

                                2. Monk from Wittenburg (Town in Germany)

                                3. A professor at University of Wittenburg and taught about the Bible.

                                                A. Go back and really studies the Bible.

                                4. Catholic church again to salvation.

                                                1. Believed in God.

                                                2. Doing god works to get into heave, which is what everyone believed in basically then, is about to change due to Luthers disagreement.        

                                5. Luther believes the way to salvation is through the big number 1.

                                                1. Called this Justification by Faith

                                6. Ninety-five These which were published on Octobter,31, 1527.

                                                1.Complaints against the church.

                                                2. Nails his papers to the door of the  Wittenburg  Church in 1517.

                                7. Reaction to 95 theses.

                                                1. Pope Leo X doesnt take it seriously.

                                8. Luther called for a separation of the church.

                                                1.Based his church on Justification by faith.

                                                2.Gets rid of sacraments, expect for communion/ baptism.

                                                3. Allowed for priests to marriage.

                                9. Church Response

                                                1. Ex communicates Luther.

                                                2. Luthers Prince of his town protects him.

                                                3. Luther is spared, because of his Prince.

                                10. Lutheran Religion

                                                1. Spread throughout Germany.

                                11. Charles V Holy Roman Emperor

                                                1. Would like to kill Luther.

                                                2. Some other countries in Europe distract him from fully focusing on crushing Luther.  

                                                3. Can not send troops after Luther.

                                                4. Luthers to strong by the time hes ready.

                                12. Peace of Augsburg.

                                                1. Lutheran gets it arranged, that each Prince will decide for his area.