Unit 2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation

Lesson 7 The Catholic Church (IMAD)

The Catholic Church (IMAD)Learning Target

Students can define the terms Protestant and ReformationStudents can explain the causes of the Protestant Reformation

The Catholic Church (IMAD)

God

PopeCardinals

Arch-BishopsBishops

Priests and MonksLaity – not in the clergy

The Catholic Church (IMAD)Protestant Reformation: Beginning

Protestant = someone who protested against the teachings of the Catholic Church

Reformation = when people began to demand a change in the religious system

The Catholic Church (IMAD)A Challenge of Church Political Authority

King Philip IV of France tried to tax church officials The pope told the French clergy not to pay the tax The king arrested the pope Boniface VIII, and Italian Six years later, the king helped to elect a French pope, Clement V The new pope moved from Rome to Avignon in France Seventy years passed before a pope lived in Rome again At different times, more than one person claimed to be pope

The Catholic Church (IMAD)A Challenge of Church Religious Authority

Those who challenged the church’s religious authority are called reformers One early reformer was John Wycliffe who said the church had too much power He said the Bible not the “church” should be the authority for Christians To allow people to read the Bible, Wycliffe translated the Latin Bible into

English

Another was John Huss who criticized the church for being to “worldly” Religious leaders feared a rebellion and claimed that Huss was a heretic A heretic teaches a belief that a religious authority thinks is false In 1415, they arrested Huss and burned him at the stake

The Catholic Church (IMAD)I – Indulgences = certificates that take away sin

Church was selling forgiveness for $MONEY$

Who will this anger?

The Catholic Church (IMAD)M – Merchants want Usury

Usury = lending money and charging interest

The Church says usury is wrong

Who would this anger?

The Catholic Church (IMAD)A – Absolute Power and Wealth of the Church

Why was the Catholic Church so powerful in Europe?

Who would this anger?

The Catholic Church (IMAD)D – Domination of the Church by Italians

For years the pope was only an Italian

Italians were not the only Catholic people

Who would this anger?

The Catholic Church (IMAD)Who’s Mad?

I = lower classM = middle classA = upper classD = non-Italian church officials