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Germany | country where the Reformation began |
John Huss | accused church leaders of spreading heresy and was condemned and burned at Constance |
Lollards | Wycliffe's followers who were imprisoned, burned, and tortured at the stake |
John Wycliffe | "Morning Star of the Reformation" |
Martin Luther | studied the Scriptures and determined that salvation is by faith alone |
Leo X | pope during the Reformation |
treasury of merits | "excess works" of the saints stored in heaven |
Johann Tetzel | priest who sold indulgences in Martin Luther's parish |
indulgences | certificates which supposedly grant pardon from the punishment of sins |
Leo X | moved to action when Luther's protests of selling indulgences caused people to stop buying them |
John Eck | Roman Catholic who debated Luther at Leipzig |
Charles V | called for a hearing, Diet of Worms, to determine's Luther guilt or innocence |
Martin Luther | "Here I stand. I can do no other." |
Augsburg Confession | written in 1530; became the doctrinal standard for the Lutheran church |
Francis I | French king who was particularly concerned that his country was encircled by Charles's possessions |
Augsburg Confession | official statement of Lutheran beliefs as written by Melanchthon |