Cause , Influence of the Renaissance: This time period encouraged people to question old beliefs. , Cause, The wealth of the church: poor people questioned why they had to pay money to the church, especially when they were living in bad conditions and priests were living in big houses. , Cause (important) , Priests abused their power by buying and selling church positions, giving positions to family members, being absent from their role and holding more than one church position. , Cause , Sale of indulgences: the church sold these to people, telling them that they would go to heaven if they bought one. , Key person , Martin Luther: the first person to break away from the Catholic Church. He wrote a list of 95 theses (arguments) against the sale of indulgences. Luther was excommunicated (banished) from the Catholic Church when he publicly burned a letter from the pope. Luther was the first person to translate the bible into the language of his people (German). He later founded the Lutheran church. It is the largest Christian church in Germany today. , Other reformers , King Henry VIII of England, John Knox founded the presbyterian church in Scotland , Significance , Catholic counter reformation: the catholic church try to reform itself by calling the Council of Trent and setting up the court of Inquisition. , Significance , Religious Wars: several wars happened as a result of the Reformation. This put protestants against Catholics. E.g. The Thirty years war and the Northern Ireland Troubles. , Significance , Power of kings increased because the Pope no longer controlled Protestant churches. , Key word , Justification by faith alone: Luther's belief that only faith in God could get you into heaven. , Key word , Protestant: at first, a supporter of reform to the Catholic Church, later, a member of the churches that broke away. .

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