Essential Question What were the major problems in
Essential Question What were the major problems in the church that the Reformation tried to fix?
The REFORMATION
The Beginning: • Reading led people to realize the church might not know everything. • The behavior of some priests during the Black Death gave people doubt. Wait led a minute… • Humanism to new ideas I’ll tellabout you what, This says I shouldn’t why don’t you just the importance of every individual. murder people! go ahead and bless yourselves?
Christianity
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Part I: Problems in the church
Problem 1: Teachings
Teachings • The church often seemed to be going against it’s own teachings. (Crusades) • What was worse though was that they were enforcing teachings that many people saw as pointless. • For example, all Church activities were to be done in Latin only, even if people didn’t understand it!
Problem 2: Behavior
Power! • The church wanted to force everyone to follow them. • The church in Spain kicked all non. Christians out of the country completely (and took their stuff!) • They then set up the Inquisition to make the church even stronger. • They used torture and threats of death to keep people in line.
The Inquisition • The Inquisition was a court for religious crimes. • They said they were trying to “save” people from going against the church. • Really, they just wanted to hold power.
• People were tortured until they gave in and changed their mind. • If they would not give in they could be burned at the stake. • This was all in the name of God.
Problem 3: Money
Money Problems • Pope Leo X spent tons of the church’s money on his own entertainment. • Donations from people was not enough to keep him happy. • They came up with new ways to make money from the people like letting people pay to I don’t know become priests. what this says but I’m sure • So, what? it’s important!
Heaven? No problem! That’ll be 5 dollars. Indulgences • Indulgences were passes to shorten the time spent in purgatory before Heaven. • You could buy them before you sinned or even for people who already died. • Basically they were selling tickets to Heaven. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=un 2 qx. Ilq. LP 8&sns=em • So, what? http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=dt 5 AJr 0 wls 0
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