what did people believe at the start of the 16 th century?
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What did People believe at the Start of the 16 th Century?. If you died with a dirty Soul you would go to either Purgatory or straight to hell. You had to go to Church and get the Priest to clean your Soul. If you died with a clean Soul you would go to heaven. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
If you died with a dirty Soul you would go to either Purgatory or straight to hell.
You had to go to Church and get the Priest to clean your Soul.
If you died with a clean Soul you would go to heaven.
If you went on a Crusade or a Pilgrimage you could earn time out of Purgatory
You could buy a special letter from the Pope called an Indulgence which was like a get out of jail for free card but for Purgatory.
1. Corruption of Church: simony, nepotism, indulgences, morality
2. Renaissance humanismglorification of humanity not Church tradition
3. Declining prestige of papacy—Avignon, Great Schism, papal involvement in secular matters
4. Pietism—direct relationship between individual and GodWycliffe and Huss
5. Secular rulers resented power of pope and clergy
6. German princes resented power of HRE Charles V
7. Printing press
Goals of the Reformation• Aimed to reform the entire
institution of the Church.• improve the moral lives of
the Clergy.• undermine the Papal claim
to supreme authority.• asserted the political power
and importance at the national level.
Copy of an inexpensive indulgence
sold by TetzelTranslation: "In the authority of all the
saints,and in compassion towards thee,I absolve thee from all sins and
misdeeds,and remit all punishment for ten days."
Johannes Tietzel
http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/sp/sp1.htm
In general, what would you consider to be the causes of the Reformation?