Martin Luther - the first protestant

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Martin Luther (not king!) flashcards year 8 - queens college
Luca Cameron
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Martin Luther was the first protestant that _____ survived!
True of false: Martin Luther was actually very religious and tried very hard to make himself pure. TRUE!
He strongly believed that he was _____ and was terrified of ____. He kept trying to make himself pure but he felt that he was not doing enough. sinful, hell
After time he came to feel that the church was not actually _____ him helping
What did he think that the Roman Catholic Church got in the way of? People talking directly to god
Name one way that Martin Luther punished himself to try to be "pure" and deserve to go to heaven He climbed up a long flight of stairs on his hands and knees
After doing all of the 'right things', Martin Luther felt no purer. He started to wonder if these things (taught by the church) were _____ useless
Pope Leo X was suspected to only really be interested in making himself _____, building beautiful _____ and paying for beautiful _____ powerful, churches, paintings
In 1517, Pope Leo X needed money. So what did he do and who did he send? He started to sell indulgences to people to raise money. He sent Friar Tetzel to Germany.
What is an indulgence? A piece of paper which promised you to go to heaven. It was supposed to forgive your sins if you bought it.
Luther did not agree with the sale of indulgences. What did he think of them? And what was the name of his new book that he wrote about it? He though it was making forgiveness a matter of money. He wrote a book called The 95 Thesis.
Where did he nail these arguments? (95 thesis) Wittenberg Castle Church door
What was Luther's basic message in the arguments that he nailed on the door? That only total faith in Jesus could get people to heaven. And that people should be able to talk directly to God without priests and services in Latin getting in their way.
Martin Luther started a new faith called _____ protestantism
The Roman Catholic Church wanted to keep Luther _____, but the local German Prince, _____ (his name) protected Luther. quiet, Frederick the Wise of Saxony
Why did Frederick the Wise of Saxony (and many other German princes for the same reason) protect Luther? Because he thought that he could increase his own power and independence at the expense of the Pope.
What did Martin Luther believe in? Lutheranism! (a form of protestantism)
When a German prince decided that he liked Lutheranism, what would he make his people do? Worship in the Lutheran way!
True or False: Lutheranism did not thrive and Luther was another failed protestant. False: More and more people stopped supporting the church and the pope and Martin Luther had to think of another way for them to worship!
Which way did Martin Luther choose that people should worship? They should talk directly to God to get to know him better.
What did he do in order to achieve these goals of worshiping in another way? Luther suggested various changes in the way church services were held.
Once the new Protestant faith was established, it began to _____ in different ways develop
Some people thought Luther had not gone far enough in _____ the church cleansing
A man called _____ decided it was his job to make an even holier church John Calvin
What did John Calvin do to make the churches holier? He made the churches plainer and services plainer, so there were no distraction from listening to the preacher.
Give an example on something in the church that Calvin made plainer --Stained glass windows
Luther___ & Calvin___ led even more ____ in Europe Lutheranism, Calvinism, divisions.
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