Bell Ringer: Thursday 5/11● Grab the reading from the front

desk and write the following definition:

Protestant Reformation: A protest and reform against the Catholic church lead by Martin Luther in the 16th century. Martin Luther disagreed and argued with the ways of the Catholic Church (indulgences).

Martin Luther & the Reformation

● Martin Luther, a monk from Wittenberg in Germany began to criticize the power and corruption of the Catholic church in 1517.

● Luther demanded reform!

Luther’s criticisms of the church: ● Indulgences - Paying for forgiveness

○ People could pay money to the church to have sins forgiven!

● Bible - was only written in Latin ○ Only people of the church could read Latin○ Commoners did not read Latin○ Nobody knew what the bible really said

95 Theses● Luther posted the 95 Theses or 95 Reasons the

church was corrupted on the door of the Wittenberg Church.

● A list of questions and propositions for debate

● In this protest, Luther gained followersknown as Protestants.

95 Theses● He questioned and challenged:

○ That God wanted believers to have faith and seek repentance, not just good deeds.

○ The practice of indulgences: Paying the church money to have your sins forgiven.

○ Power of the Pope

Gutenberg Bible● Luther then began to translate the

New Testament of the bible into German.

● Johannes Gutenberg invents the “Gutenberg Press” that allows books to be copied quickly!

● The translated bible is copied on the Gutenberg press.

● This spreads the idea of the reformation

Martin Luther Tweets!Create a tweet post as Martin Luther.

1. Create a username.2. Write a tweet! 140

Characters or less.3. Add some hashtags!

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