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Renaissance

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The 95 Theses
Everyone should go to heaven and the 95 Theses were arguments against indulgences.
Catholic Reformation
The attempt to reform abuses in the Catholic Church in the 1500's
Johan Gutenberg
He invented the printing press
Puritans
Members of an English Protestant group who wanted to "purify" the Church of England by making it more simple and more morally strict
Justification
The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, engineer,and architecture. Two of his most famous portraits include The Monalisa, and The Last Supper.
Machiavelli
Italian statesman and political philosopher
Predestination
The idea that God determines man's salvation before birth
Presbyterians
A member of a protestant church governed by presbyters and founded on the teachings of John Knox
Inquisition
An investigation and harsh, difficult or prolonged questioning
Anabaptists
Infants that were not old enough to accept the Christian faith
Humanism
An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
Protestantism
Faith, practice, and church order of the Protestant Church
Martin Luther
German Theologian. He preached the doctrine of Justification
Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555, and allowed each prince to decide which religion- Catholic or Lutheran, would be followed in his lands.
Anglican Church
Protestant church
Queen Elizabeth
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She determined the future of the Church of England.
Jan van Eyck
He was a Flemish painter
Council of Trent
Pope wanted to establish the reform to expand
Erasmus
He was a scholar during the Renaissance
Indulgences
Pardon for sins
Index of Prohibited Books
A list of works considered too immoral or irreligious for Catholics to read
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor and summoned Luther to the diet at the city of Worms.
Michelangelo
Famous for the painting in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. He was also an architect and sculpture
Henry VIII
English king that left the catholic church and started the Church of England
Priesthood of all believers
You are the priest of your own soul
Raphael
He was a painter during the Renaissance
John Calvin
A former who would profoundly affect the direction of the Reformation
Jesuits
The Society of Jesus is a religious order of men within the Roman Catholic Church formed under the inspiration of Ignatius of Loyola

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