Reformation
Vernacular
Everyday language of ordinary people
Pluralism
Holding more than one church office/job.
nepotism
favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power
Inquisition
A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy.
Indulgence
A document issued by the Catholic Church lessening penance or time in purgatory, widely believed to bring forgiveness of all sins. Many paid money for it.
Purgatory
A place of temporary punishment
Diet of Worms
Assembly of the estates of the empire, called by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1521. Luther was ordered to recant but he refused. Charles V declared Luther an outlaw.
Transubstantiation
Catholic belief that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ.
Protestant
The name originally given to followers of Luther, which came to mean all non-Catholic Western Christian groups.
95 Thesis (1517)
Luther's response to indulgences →he believed they undermined seriousness of penance, competed with Gospel teachings, and downplayed importance of charity. Nailed to the church door at Wittenberg.
Justification by Faith
Martin Luther's concept that faith alone is enough to bring salvation
Sola Fide, Sola Scriptura
Martin Luther, "only by faith, only by scripture" Salvation is achieved through faith and reading the Bible.
Frederick Duke of Saxony "The Wise"
Protected Luther from Roman Emperor Charles V and the Pope
Simony
The selling of church offices
Johann Tetzel
The leading seller of Indulgences. Infuriated Luther.
Charles V
This was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the Reformation.
Martin Luther
a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church.
Salvation
acceptance into heaven
Roman Catholic Church
the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome
Excommunication
the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church.
Heresy
the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine of the Catholic Church usually.
