| A | B |
|---|
| Martin Luther | "the white dude" - he forced the Christian church in Rome to change/reform |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | "the black dude" - an American civil rights leader - he believed in and sought social & economic equality for all people |
| Bible | holy book of Christianity |
| denominations | branches of a religion |
| enable | to be able to do |
| "95 Theses" | an attack on Christian church abuses written by Martin Luther |
| diverge | to go against |
| Anglican | the Protestant church in England |
| Henry VIII | this dude wanted a son so bad he went through 6 wives and caused England to split from Rome religious wise |
| mysticism | spiritual beliefs |
| nepotism | gaining favors or jobs because of WHO you know - NOT what you know |
| papacy | the Pope - head of the Roman Catholic Church in Rome |
| martyr | someone who dies for the good of a cause |
| John Calvin | a Protestant -he believed in "Predestination" |
| Predestination | the belief that everything done on earth is already be planned out in heaven |
| Zwingli | a Protestant - he wanted the Chruch to separate itself from govt. affairs |
| Inquisition | the torturing & killing of anyone who wasn't Catholic in Spain |
| St. Joan of Arc | she united France against England, later was convicted of heresy and burnt at the stake |
| heresy | to go against Church teachings |
| Roman Catholic Chruch | Christianity under the leadership of the Pope in Rome |
| indulgence | you got your sins forgiven just by giving money |
| reign | to rule |
| Reformation | 1500s - when the Church was criticized for its abuses |
| Peace of Augsburg of 1555 | this allowed Germany to split along religious/Protestant north vs Catholic south lines |
