| A | B |
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| Protestant Reformation | Reform movement that criticized the increasing influence of the Catholic Church in non-spiritual affairs. |
| indulgences | Pardons issued by the Pope that people could buy to reduce a souls' time in purgatory. |
| Martin Luther | His Ninety-five Theses which criticized the wealth and power of the Catholic Church symbolically marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. |
| theocracy | A government in which church and state are joined and in which officials are considered to be divinely inspired. |
| John Calvin | Preached the doctrine of predestination , considered to be the second most important Protestant Reformer. |
| predestination | Holds that God knows who will be saved even before people are born and therefore guides the lives of those destined for salvation. |
| Henry VIII | Broke from the Catholic Church and created the Church of England when the Pope refused to annul his marriage. |
| annulled | To make a marriage invalid based upon church laws so that a person could marry again. |
| Elizabeth I | Restored the Church of England after Queen Mary I had previously returned Catholicism to supremacy in England. |
