Problems in the Church

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'Problems in the Church

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29/08/2022

VWO Joris Epskamp

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1. Problems in the Church
2. Quick Trip 2 Florance
3. Excercise

After this lesson you will know..

• ..what heretics are and how the church fought them.
  
• ..which criticism came to the church around 1500.
  
• ..how the Christian church fell apart and you can name some of the consequences.

Heretics

Time of Discoverers and Reformers

Renaissance

Middle Ages -> Renaissance

• Culture (Cultuur) from the Antiquity is back!
• Art, Buildings, Science, etc.
• 'Old' knowledge becomes new knowledge!

Renaissance betekend letterlijk; Wedergeboorte. (Rebirth)

Criticism

Criticism of the Church grew through:

      Humanism;

•  Focus on life, not death.
  

      printing press;

•  Books can now be quickly created and distributed.

You may know the motto; Carpe Diem (Seize the day). In the Middle Ages the motto was more Momento Mori (Remember to die).

Erasmus was a well-known Dutch Humanist. You may know his name from the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, the Erasmus University or his book 'Praise of Folly'.

Heretics

People who rejected official church doctrine (rules) called the church heretics.

The heretics were tracked down and brought before an special court; The Inquisition

Letter of indulgence

Buy away sin by buying a letter of indulgence or indulgence.

       Maarten Luther (Lutheran)

       Johannes Calvijn (Calvinist)

                    Protestants

Reformation

• "Only by praying and really believing will you get to heaven."
• "Worship only God, no images."
• "Everyone should read the Bible."
• Pastors are allowed to marry.

Consequence

1. Faith of millions of Europeans changed from Catholicism to Protestantism.

2. Charles V was Catholic. He hated the idea that Protestants lived in his realm. A war started between Catholics and Protestants in the Netherlands.

Carpe Diem

Memento Mori

Medieval (Gothic) style

Renaissance style

Roman original:

120 AD.

Renaissance copy:

 1580 AD.

St. Paul's

cathedral

LONDON

St. Peter's

cathedral

ROME

What is a 'heretic'?

1. Someone who rejects the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
2. Someone who is 'here'.
3. A Catholic
4. A bad person

What is NO consequence of the Reformation

1. Millions of Europeans changed their faith.
2. A big war in the Netherlands
3. Catholics became friend with protestants
4. Charles V had Protestant heretics murdered.

What suits Martin Luther and what fits the Catholic Church?

Luther

Catholic Church

95 statements

Sell ​​indulgences

Reading the Bible

Riches

Assignment:

Look at the image handed out and write down what you see. Why does it have to do with today's topics?

Homework for next lesson:

Read: Paragraph 1 

Make: 1a and 1b, 8c, 10 and 11

After this lesson you will know..

• ..what heretics are and how the church fought them.
  
• ..which criticism came to the church around 1500.
  
• ..how the Christian church fell apart and you can name some of the consequences.

Heretics

I have achieved the lesson objectives.

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