HIST 158 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last LectureI. Protestant Reformationa. Contextb. Contributing factorsi. Corruption of Medieval Churchii. The RenaissanceOutline of Current LectureI. Protestant ReformationII. Catholic ReformationCurrent LectureI. Protestant Reformationa. Pope raises money among believers to build the most magnificent church in Rome (St. Peters Cathedral)b. Martin Luther began lecturing against the church’s indulgencesi. Believed giving money wouldn’t save your soulii. God himself didn’t believe in indulgencesiii. Very critical of church and the Pope (bound to create problems for Luther)c. Theories for Luther’s criticisms on Catholic theology:i. Provocative to get people thinking? Or spark a change?ii. Was he trying to start a new religion?d. Reformation ideas spread like wildfire through Europe due to the printing pressi. Revealed that public opinion does exist and once it spins out of control, there’s very little the Popes/authority figures can do1. Important component of the Reformatione. Luther was given the opportunity to publically explain himselfThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Implied that the Pope was antichristf. Germany was becoming completely dividedi. Emperor called Luther to explainii. Even though he disagreed with Luther’s philosophies, he was impressed and let Luther freeII. Catholic Reformationa. Also known as the counter-reformationb. 16th century goal: reform clergy, institution and people (all levels)c. Rationalized the level of authorityd. Improved education of priests and clergye. Intense spark of spiritualityf. Censorship (prohibited certain books and sections of books)g. Increase in missionary workh. Wanted to develop a coherent theology and response to the Protestant Reformationi. 1543-1563: council worked on and off to develop this new theologyii. Distributed letters on how to put the new theology into practicei. Each Reformation radicalized theology in response to the
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