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Reformation/ Counter reformation
Reformation/ Counter reformation
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9th Grade
05/24/2010

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Erasmus
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Dutch Renaissance humanist. Wrote a version of the new testament questioning reformation and counter reformation.
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Indulgences
Definition
Documents that could be bought from the church claiming that you or a family memeber would have 500 years less in purgatory.
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Luther
Definition
German priest who initiated the protestant reformation.
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Calvin
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Founder of calvinism, a sector of christianity.
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The thirty years' war
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A war in what is now germany, fought between the Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire over religious conflicts.
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King Henry VIII
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Known for being a brutal husband and supressing the protestant reformation. Formed AngelicanismHe was the King of England in the Mid to late 1500s.
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Church of England/ Angelicans
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The official christian church established in england. They are mother church of the Angelican communion. Angelicanism was fromed by Henry VIII in order to divorce his wife.
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Act Of Supremacy
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An act made my King Henry VIII to basically say that he is the only ruler of england. He tried to make himself absolutist and have more power than the church.
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Council or trent
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An important council in the chruch of england that says what teachings are right and what ones aren't. They make many rules.
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Ignatius Loyola/ Jesuits
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A spanish Knight who founded the society of jesus. Jesuits were "rules for thinking by the church".
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