Reformation and its The Protestant Effects

1 This PowerPoint presentation accompanies Closeup Teaching Unit The Protestant Reformation 1300 – 1570 CE Martin Luther: The Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Movement - Harvard University

The Protestant Movement The Protestant Movement Summary: Martin Luther, a 16th century German monk with great frustration over the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and an insistence on the gift of salvation through God’s grace, began a process of Christian reform that eventually moved beyond Catholicism

Luther Sparks the Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation Why he was important: Martin Luther was a Christian priest who did not agree with some of the teachings of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages He was one of the first people to speak against the pope (leader of the Catholic Church), which was a very dangerous thing to do during his time

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Martin Luther & Protestantism From the 95 Theses of Martin Luther, 1517 21 Therefore those preachers of indulgences are in error, who say that by the pope’s indulgences a man is freed from every penalty, and saved 36 Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission (forgiveness) of

Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther •-1517 - Luther nails 95 Theses (ideas) on his church’s door • Luther from Holy Roman Empire (Germany) •-Pope excommunicates Luther - kicks him out •-Church declares Luther a heretic •-Luther goes into hiding & writes New Testament in German •-Luther’s ideas spread to princes in German city-states