The protestant reformation

What led to the reformation

• Martin Luther began the Reformation in the early 1500's 
• The Pope was to involved in the politics 
• Clergy were being corrupt & weren't behaving according to the church
• The bible was written in Latin, a language only used by the clergy & Pope 
• There were selling of Indulgences, getting people to give their money away 

origins of the anglicanism church

• Founded in 1534 by King Henry VIII in Englad
• His reasons were for his own selfish acts of wanting a divorce  
• He didn't want to share England's wealth with the church
• The religion got blended elements from both Catholicism & Protestantim

beliefs about sin/salvation

• Sins got washed away with Baptism 
• Believe in god, regret your sins, & receive god's mercy 

ultimate source of authority

• The head of the church was the ruler of England 
• Teaching would be translated by Clergy in their own ways 
• The clergy had to be loyal to the ruler of England 

rituals and worship

• High church service was like a formal Catholic mass 
• Lower church service was more like a Lutheran service 

community life

• High church was made up of wealthy people 
• Low church was made up of working & middle class 
• Freedom to choose worship as long as loyal to ruler