| A | B |
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| Reformation | a religious movement that gained momentum in the 1500s with the aim to reform the Catholic Church |
| indulgences | a kind of cancellation of punishment for sins that had been confessed and forgiven by God. |
| recant | to withdraw words |
| sect | a subgroup of a major religious group |
| predestination | the idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation |
| theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders |
| Jesuits | religious order formed by Ignatius of Loyola during the Counter-Reformation |
| Council of Trent | series of meetings called by Pope Paul III where Catholic leaders sought ways to stop the spread of Protestantism |
| annulment | an official action canceling a marriage |
| Act of Supremecy | passed by the English parliament in 1534, it made the monarch the leader of the Church of England |
| Huguenots | French protestants |
| edict | an official public order made by a king or another authority |
| armada | fleet of ships |
| federalism | a form of government in which power is shared between local and national levels |
