| A | B |
| John Wycliffe | translated the Bible into English |
| Martin Luther | Wrote the 95 Theses |
| Reformation | The restructuring of the church |
| Protestentism | The religions which protested the Catholic church |
| John Calvin | French scholar who opposed the Catholic church |
| Council | A group of bishops and cardinals who helped to guide the Catholic church through the great schism |
| Counter Reformation | The Catholic church's efforts to change during the reformation |
| Anglicanism | The Church of England- created by Henry VIII |
| Great Schism | Time in the Catholic church when there were two popes, one in France and one in Italy |
| Indulgences | A way for people to buy salvation fromk the church |
| Anabaptists | believed that all society was sinful and people should pull out of society altogether |
| Predestination | the belief that those who were to be saved had already been chosen |
| Humanism | The belief that all people can achieve their highest potential |
| Index of Prohibited books | The list of books the Catholic church felt had ideas that were heretical |
| Heretic | One who goes against the beliefs of the Catholic church |
| Inquisition | Church court which judged heretics (and often sentenced them to death) |
| Excommunication | Being denied recognition by the church |
| Pope Leo X | Excommunicated Martin Luther |