UNC-Chapel Hill HIST 158 - Protestant and Catholic Reformation (2 pages)

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HIST 158 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I Protestant Reformation a Context b Contributing factors i Corruption of Medieval Church ii The Renaissance Outline of Current Lecture I Protestant Reformation II Catholic Reformation Current Lecture I Protestant Reformation a 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 indulgences i Believed giving money wouldn t save your soul ii God himself didn t believe in indulgences iii 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 press i Revealed that public opinion does exist and once it spins out of control there s very little the Popes authority figures can do 1 Important component of the Reformation e Luther was given the opportunity to publically explain himself These 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 antichrist f Germany was becoming completely divided i Emperor called Luther to explain ii Even though he disagreed with Luther s philosophies he was impressed and let Luther free II Catholic Reformation a Also known as the counter reformation b 16th century goal reform clergy institution and people all levels c Rationalized the level of authority d Improved education of priests and clergy e Intense spark of spirituality f Censorship prohibited certain books and sections of books g Increase in missionary work h Wanted to develop a coherent theology and response to the Protestant Reformation i 1543 1563 council worked on and off to develop this new theology ii Distributed letters on how to put the new theology into practice