Reformation Review• Criticisms of the Catholic Church

• Too secular (focus on politics, not religion)• Corrupt (focus on economic wealth, not religion)

• Protestants reform Christianity• Martin Luther – Lutheranism• John Calvin – Calvinism• Henry VIII & Elizabeth I –

The Anglican Church

Compare Protestant Religions

Use p. 491 of your textbook to complete a Venn diagram comparing Lutheranism, Calvinism, and

Anglicanism.

Lutherans Calvinists

Anglicans

The Counter Reformation

• In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic church started it’s own movement to make changes.

• Catholics wanted to keep people true to the Catholic faith.

• The movement was also known as the Catholic Reformation.

Catholic Reform in the Counter Reformation

• Jesuits – A religious order that focused on founding schools, converting non-Christians, and stopping the spread of Protestantism.

Catholic Reform in the Counter Reformation

• The Inquisition – an institution for investigating and stopping acts of heresy

• Heresy - beliefs or opinions that went against the church

• Punishments of the inquisition:• Wearing a brightly colored X on your clothing• Pilgrimage• Fine• Imprisonment• Torture• Death by burning

The Inquisition

The InquisitionInquisition Torture

Catholic Reform in the Counter Reformation

• Pope Paul III• Formed the Jesuits• Created a council to investigate the selling of indulgences• Used the Inquisition to seek out heresy and assert the

authority of the Pope• Led the Council of Trent, 1545-1563

• Rulings of the Council of Trent• The Church’s interpretation of the Bible was final.

Substituting your own interpretation was heresy.• Christians are not saved by faith alone, but also by good

works.• Church tradition was equally powerful as the Bible.• Indulgences were expressions of faith.