A | B |
indulgences | fees paid to have sins forgiven |
predestination | idea that God selected who would go to heaven |
Martin Luther | wrote a list of 95 complaints against the Catholic Church |
John Calvin | believed Christians reached heaven only through faith in God |
Protestants | the name later given to Martin Luther's followers |
Annul | to cancel |
Expelled | driven out |
Protestant Reformation | the religious revolution against the Catholic Church |
Theocracy | government ruled by church leaders |
Anabaptists | sought peaceful, yet radical social change |
Canonized | recognized as a saint |
Compromise | acceptable middle ground |
Catholic Reformation | reform movement in the Catholic Church in the 1530's |
Council of Trent | group met to reaffirm traditional Catholic beliefs in 1545 |