Jillian Kurzmann's Blog 5/30/18

Jillian Kurzmann
5/30/18
Honors Western Civilization

Today in class, Mr. Schick was absent. We took notes on a powerpoint.
Luther and the Reformation

• The Church is weakened
• Renaissance challenged secular power
• German Ruler opposed Church power
• Merchants refused to pay Roman Church Taxes
• The Renaissance Popes spent $ on themselves
• Priests and monks were no longer being educated
• Had children, married
• Drank, gambled
• Indulgences- pardons-> "releases a sinner from performing the penalty a priest imposed for sins" (Johann Tetzel)
• Martin Luther
• Born in Germany: 1483
• A close encounter with a lightning bolt drove him to become a monk
• Doctor of Theology before age 30
• Wrote "95 Theses"
• The "95 Theses"- 95 objections to the Pardon Merchant Johann Tetzel and his indulgences
• Matin Luther nailed this on the Church doors (Wittenberg)
• Printing press spread "95 Theses" all throughout Germany and Europe
• Luther based the Reformation off of his 3 beliefs
• People win Salvation by faith in God
• All Church teachings should be clearly based off of the words of the Bible
• All people are equal. Don't need priests to interpret Bible
• 1520: Pope Leo X issues a decree against Luther. Luther burns the Pope's decree. The Pope removes Luther from the Church
• Holy Roman Emperor Charles V wanted Luther to take back his opinions/beliefs. Luther refused and was put on trial at the Diet of Worms (Assembly in the city of Worms).
• Luther escaped Worms. Is now outlaw to be shunned by everyone and arrested or killed on sight.
• Prince Frederick puts Luther in his castle to translate the New Testament into German.
• In Wittenberg, a religious group called Lutherans formed.
• Protestant- non-Catholic Christians
• Catholic-"universal" or "whole".