The Reformation

Spreads

By: Sharon Joseph, Shechenah Dasari, Christine

Thomas, and Ashley Charales

John Calvin

• 1509-1564• French lawyer • Theologian• Responsible for

the success of the Reformation outside Germany and Scandinavia.

John CalvinJohn Calvin

Background• John Calvin most important Protestant

reformer next to Martin Luther• Educated in France, influenced by

Erasmus, Renaissance humanists• Supported reforms of Luther in Germany

“May little chickens dig out your eyes 100,000 times.”

- Calvin speaking to another reformer whose ideas he disagreed with

Anti-Catholic

Disagreed with Luther’s “Salvation through faith alone.”

Created his own Protestant religion in Switzerland

Calvin believed in:

Salvation through Predestination

At birth it is decided if you will go to heaven or hell

Foreknowledge

God knows everything that will happen in your life

Purified approach to life:

No drinking, swearing, card playing, gambling etc..

Things to Remember

1. Problems in the church like selling indulgences led to this Reformation.

2. Martin Luther and others argued that God provided salvation, not the church.

Dedication to God’s Law: Sign of Salvation

• Calvinists assumed that only unfailing dedication to God’s law could be seen as a sign of salvation.

PuritanHugeunots

Presbyterian

Started in Switzerland – Calvinists

England = Puritans

Scotland = Presbyterians

Holland = Dutch Reform

France = Huguenots

Germany = Reform Church

Revolutionaries: Right to Revolt• Calvinism could also

produce revolutionaries willing to defy any authorities perceived to be in violation of God’s laws.

Anabaptists• Believed that infants shouldn’t be

baptized because they aren’t aware yet–Some wanted to abolish private

property–Some resorted to violence to push

beliefs

Protestantism Spreads to England

A King’s Protest• 1509, Henry VIII

became king, age 17• Devout Catholic• Wrote angry protests

against Luther’s ideas• Actions won him title

“Defender of the Faith”

• By 1525, Henry had only one child, Mary

Annulment• Henry wanted male

heir, thought female monarch would weaken England

• Decided to have marriage to Catherine annulled

• Pope would not agree to annulment

The Reformation in England

• 1547 Henry dies / Edward becomes king but dies young / Mary, a Catholic becomes queen and persecutes Protestants

• 1558 Mary dies & Elizabeth becomes Queen and creates a compromise

The Reformation in England

Henry Takes Over Reformation Parliament declared that England no

longer considered itself under authority of pope Henry became head of Church of England

Church of England• Henry changed rituals of church very little• Closed Catholic monasteries, convents, distributed

much of land to nobles

# of followers

Catholic Protestant (Lutheran, Anglican, etc.)

1500 A.D.1560 A.D.1600 A.D.

Protestant Catholic

-Jesus lived, was

crucified and resurrected.

-Communion and baptism

are very important

-Jesus offers salvation but

you must work to get it.

-Salvation is . the free gift of God, you cannot earn it. -Popes can

forgive sins. -Only God can forgive sins

-Regular church members help make decisions.

-Only clergy make decisions in the church.