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1.2.3.14 Medieval Church
Protestant Revolt
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
04/22/2008

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John Tetzel

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A Dominican friar; the most famous seller of indulgences

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Martin Luther

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A serious Augustinian priest and monk who held an important position in his order

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Protestant Reformation

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It began undramatically in 1517 C.E. when Luther mailed a letter to Prince-Archbishop Albert of Mainz

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Ninety-Five Theses

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Luther's respectfully worded letter to Archbishop Albert of Mainz

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Leo X

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The pope at the time of the Protestant Reformation

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Charles V

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The Holy Roman Emperor at the time of the Protestant Reformation

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Philipp Melanchthon

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He composed a document for the German national assembly in Augsburg

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Augsburg Confession

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A document that summarized the teaching of those who followed Luther

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Lutheran Church

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The new religious body that emerged when Catholic theologians greeted the Augsburg Confession with condemnation

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Peasant's Revolt

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A revolt started by peasants in Germany to challenge unfair Church practices 

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Peace of Augsburg

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An assembly of German Catholics and Lutherans which said that local rulers could choose the religion of their domain 

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1555 C.E.

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Date: Peace of Augsburg

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John Calvin

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A French reformer; the founder of Calvinism

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Calvinism

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John Calvin's version of Protestantism

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Ulrich Zwingli

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A Swiss reformer

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Theocracy

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A complete integration of church and state

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Predestination

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A belief of Calvinism; God had complete foreknowledge of events and marked certain people for heaven and the rest for hell

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Jonathan Edwards

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A puritan preacher of a Connecticut congregation

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Henry VIII

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English monarch that had been given the title "Defender of the Faith"

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Catherine of Aragon

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The wife of Henry VIII; he wanted an annulment from her because she had not bore him a son 

 

 

 

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Clement VII

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The pope that refused to grant Henry VIII an annulment

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Church of England

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The Church that Henry VIII built

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Act of Supremacy

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An Act which declared the English Monarch the head of the Church of England

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1534 C.E.

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Date: Act of Supremacy

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Thomas More

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The chancellor of England who was executed for challenging the annulment of Henry VIII

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Edward VI

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The son Henry VIII had longed for; a sickly young man

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Mary, Queen of England

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"Bloody Mary"

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Elizabeth I

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She reigned for forty-five years and managed to solidify the dominance of the Anglican Church

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