14.2 Section Review

Explain the importance:

• John Calvin- was a french reformer. 
• Predestination- God chooses the persons future before the person is born.
• Jesuit- religious order by the society of Jesus. 
• Ignatius of Loyola-  formed the Jesuits in the early 1530s. 
• Inquisition -a court established by the Roman Catholic Church in 1542 A.D. to investigate people who may have strayed from Roman Catholic faith and to strengthen the power of the Church.

How did peasants use Luther's ideas to support their revolts?

• They used Luther's ideas to justify. They wanted freedom and when they used Luther's ideas it meant that God was on their side. They wanted equality between the nobles and the peasants. 

According to John Calvin, what effect did good works have on a Christian's chances for salvation?

• John Calvin thought that Christians could do nothing to earn salvation. He was the one that talked about predestination. He wanted everyone to believe that god has already chosen their future before they were even born. So the people couldn't do anything to change their predestination. 

How did the Council of Trent make the Catholic Church stronger?

• New religious orders were made
• He made a group of Jesuits. They were a military unit. 
• They learned languages to spread the Catholicism in other countries. 

What about the Reformation was most threatening to the Catholic Church? 

• The reformation threatened the catholic church by making it almost fall. because the papacy created a list that considered a threat to the Catholic Church. The only people that had the list was Church Officials. 

What advantages did the Catholic Church have when beginning the Counter Reformation? 

• Churches had the power because the power of the king/queen fell. Churches started to gain more power.