reformation Flashcards
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what was William Melton worried about
1510, Chancellor of York. outraged about priest behaviour. Represented small group of Pious. Made changes so church remains in fabric of society
power of church 1520’s
Roman catholic church was very powerful. Annual earning = 400,000. Crown = 40,000.
people went weekly
under massive international church ran by Pope
Pope hiearchy
all catholics ( christendom ) had to accept pope as head of church. Supre,e authority over all religous matters
church and monarch
-Church boosted it’s authority, great chain of being
-Bishops,abbots sat in house of Lords
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Hersey, Treaason
-treason - rebelling vs king
-Hersey questioning authority of king
Donations
wealthy ppl gave money to rebuild/decorate church and by this they hoped sould didnt linger in purgatory.
-incouraged to leave money in will for church for a special prayes
-INDULGENCES-money for special prayers after death
norm donated wedding rings
priest ( catholic )
-only people could read the latin bible.
- CELIBACY, no marrying devote life to God
church performances ( catholic )
MASS - priest turned whine, bread into Jesus blood/body
certainty ( catholic )
-Most ppl ( farmers ) lives dictated by seasons, disease, bad harvest
-brought comfort
-priest emphasized pleasing God = gd Harvest
-Piest educated well about Heaven/Hell
Purgatory
waiting area between heaven/Hell
acceptance ( catholic ) Church
desire to go to heaven gave church power. People confessed sins to priest
SACRAMENT - ceremonies showing God’s goodness
culture ( catholic) Church
iconic building, provided community gatherings
-ppl celebrated Holy days
faith/fear
-everything ppl did was for God e.g. work = prayer
never question, risk of Hersey
Lollards
-reform group late 1300’s, John Wycliffe, Priesthood not important but supressed by Henry VII
-set ground work for protestant
Humanism
-Late 1400’s trend ( renaissance ) this questioned methods of practice
- Erasmus and John Colet believed ppl could choose virtous life 1499
-Colet taught beliefs in skl, Erasmus thought everyone should be able to study Bible
early European reformers
-1520’s led by Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingl
-became protestant and thought :
-only faith makes ppl closer to God
- should be able to read bible in own langauge
-no purgatory
Spread of Reform ideas
-came to england by cloth traders form Holland
-1520’s Oxfrod,Cambridge took up idead
-Laymen (norm ppl ) took up idea
laymen criticism
-Reform popular at Inns, young ppl
-spread by pamphlets
-Simon Fish big reformer, exiled in 1525 mocking church,
-1528, made “supplication for beggers “ 5000 word pamphlet condeming priesthood
Criticism from Cleric
William Tyndale wanted to renew roll of clergy
Thomas Wolsey
humble Cleric, became Archbishop of York workd with Henry VIII chancellor
-influential
-wealthy
priest not following vow?
all took vow of celibacy but disobeyed. E.G. St John Zachary set up Brtohel
defenders of Church early 1520’s
Wolsey in 1521 got Luthers’s books burned
-Wolsry, Thomas More influence went down in Henry court
why was Henry named “ defender of faith “
Henry VIII attacked Luther’s idea’s and makes assertion of the seven sacramens
why did Henry wwant annulment with Catherine
1525 no heir after 6 pregnancies. wanted Anne Boleyn