If you died with a dirty Soul you would go to either Purgatory or straight to hell.

You had to go to Church and get the Priest to clean your Soul.

If you died with a clean Soul you would go to heaven.

If you went on a Crusade or a Pilgrimage you could earn time out of Purgatory

You could buy a special letter from the Pope called an Indulgence which was like a get out of jail for free card but for Purgatory.

1. Corruption of Church: simony, nepotism, indulgences, morality

2. Renaissance humanismglorification of humanity not Church tradition

3. Declining prestige of papacy—Avignon, Great Schism, papal involvement in secular matters

4. Pietism—direct relationship between individual and GodWycliffe and Huss

5. Secular rulers resented power of pope and clergy

6. German princes resented power of HRE Charles V

7. Printing press

Goals of the Reformation• Aimed to reform the entire

institution of the Church.• improve the moral lives of

the Clergy.• undermine the Papal claim

to supreme authority.• asserted the political power

and importance at the national level.

Copy of an inexpensive indulgence

sold by TetzelTranslation: "In the authority of all the

saints,and in compassion towards thee,I absolve thee from all sins and

misdeeds,and remit all punishment for ten days."

Johannes Tietzel

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In general, what would you consider to be the causes of the Reformation?