CATHOLIC REFORMATION

By annierlipkin
  • Oct 1, 1500

    Huldrych Zwingli

    THE VICAR AT THE CATHEDRAL IN ZURICH.
  • Oct 1, 1517

    95 Theses

    Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, in protest at the Catholic doctrine of indulgences and formally begins the Protestant Reformation.
  • Oct 1, 1530

    Counter-Reformation

    THIS IS WHEN IT BEGAN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
  • Period: Oct 1, 1530 to

    EFFECTS

    THE COUNTER REFORMATION BROUGHT A LOT OF WARS AND BROKE A LOT OF TRUCES BETWEEN MANY COUNTRIES.THEY GOT TO SEE HOW MANY NEW CHURCHES SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE. REFORMATION MADE EDUCATION MORE POPULAR. READING BECAME VERY IMPORTANT LED TO AN INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT POWER.
  • Oct 1, 1531

    Zwingli's death

    DIED IN BATTLE BETWEEN CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS.
  • Period: Oct 1, 1534 to Oct 1, 1549

    Pope Paul III

    REIGNED AS POPE DURING THIS TIME AND HE BAGAN TO DELIBERATE POLICY OF REVIVING A MORE SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
  • Period: Oct 1, 1534 to Oct 1, 1556

    Jesuits

    IGNATIUS DE LOYOLA- FOUNDED THE JESUITS IN 1534. HE WONDERED HOW HE COULD ATTAIN SALVATION DESPITE HIS SINS. THE ANSWER CAME TO HIM AS A VISION, SALVATION COULD BE ACHIEVED BY SELF-DISCIPLINE AND BY DOING GOOD DEEDS. POPE PAUL RECOGNIZED THIS GROUP AS AN OFFICIAL ORDER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE ORGANIZED THE JESUITS LIKE A MILITARY BODYJESUITS QUICKLY BECAME THE MOST EFFCTIVE AGENTS IN SPREADING CATHOLICISM.
    JESUITS STRESSED EDUCATION,
  • Oct 1, 1536

    Calvin Takes Geneva

    CALVINISM WAS THE OFFICIAL RELIGION IN THE CITY OF GENEVA. GENEVA BECAME A THEOCRACY, GOVERNMENT RULED BY A CLERGY CLAIMING G-D’S AUTHORITY.
  • Period: Oct 1, 1545 to Oct 1, 1563

    The Council of Trent

    THE COUNCIL OF TRENT DEFINED OFFICIAL CHURCH DOCTRINE WITH THE SAME PRECISION CALVIN HAD USED TO DEFINE HIS FAITH.
    COUNCIL OF TRENT BANNED THE SALE OF INDULGENCES AND TIGHTENED THE DISCIPLINE FOR THE CLERGY. THEY REAFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE DOCTRINES THAT PROTESTANTS REJECTED. IT EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR CEREMONIES, ARGUING THAT G-D OUGHT TO BE WORSHIPED WITH POMP AND SPLENDOR.
  • Oct 1, 1559

    Pope Paul IV

    ESTABLISHED THE INDEX OF FORBIDDEN BOOKS. HE SUMMONED CHURCH LEADERS TO THE ITALIAN CITY OF TRENT.
  • Oct 1, 1562

    Huguenots forced to Defend Themselves

    HUGUENOTS WENT TO WAR WITH THE CATHOLICS

  • Huguenots Given Freedo,

    KING HENRY IV- ISSUED THE EDICT OF NANTES, WHICH GAVE THE HUGUENOTS FREEDOM OF WORSHIP AND SOME POLITICAL RIGHTS.

  • Calvinist Churches

    CALVINIST IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS SCOTLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS PERSUADED RULERS TO CHANGE THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWS. THEY WERE AMONG THE STRONGST OF PROTESTANT CHURCHES IN EUROPE