The Reformation
Channel: vsheldon94
Date: 2015-05-24

The Reformation - a 16th Century Movement for reform against the corruption and abuse within the Catholic Church. The result were the establishment of protestant churches.

Indulgences - A donation to the church in return for an official document granted by the pope of the remission of the time you were forced to spend in purgatory.

95 Theses - 95 points discussing corruption within the church, specifically the sale of indulgences.

Calvinism - Protestant system based off of the teachings of John Calvin, and his successors. The religion emphasizes Luther’s doctrine of jurisdiction through faith ALONE, but builds on that with his beliefs of predestination.

Predestination - The belief that G-d already knows where you will go in the afterlife (ie heaven or hell) and there is nothing you can do to prevent or change God’s decision.

Jesuits - a group of Catholics formed by Ignatio Loyola  in 1540. They believed in educating and training priests, converting non-Christians to Catholicism, and stop the spread of Protestantism.