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Today in class we finished up the powerpoint and finished reviewing for the test on Friday. Renaissance and Reformation- "reformed"= "Reformation". 1. People win salvation by faith in God's gift of forgiveness. 2. All Church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the Bible. 3. All people with faith are equal. People do not need priests to interpret the Bible for them. Luther suggests Christians drive the pope from the Church by force! Pope Leo X excommunicates Luther. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is a devout Christian who wants Luther to recant. He is to be arrested on sight. Some of his followers had formed a separate religious group called Lutherans. Catholic is a term meaning "universal" or "whole".

Today in class we started a new powerpoint. We have our last test on Friday and all of the stuff on the powerpoint will be on the test. This is our last test in this subject for the rest of the year besides our exam so that means I have to do really well on it to have a good final grade for the class overall.

Today in class we started a new section and took notes and answered questions. Martin Luther's protest overuses in the Catholic Church led to founding of Protestant churches. Terms and Names: indulgence, Reformation, Lutheran, Protestant, Peace of Augsburg, annul, Anglican. Critics of the church claimed that its leaders were corrupt. Causes of the Reformation. Social: The Renaissance values of humanism and secularism led people to question the Church. The printing press helped to spread ideas critical of the Church. Political: Powerful monarchs challenged the Church as the supreme power in Europe. Many leaders viewed the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged his authority. Economic: European princes and kings were jealous of the Church's wealth. Merchants and others resented having to pay taxes to the Church. Religious: Some Church leaders had become worldly and corrupt. Many people found Church practices such as the sale of indulgences unacceptable. 1. Indulgence- a pardon....

Today in class we took more notes on the powerpoint. We learned and took notes on how they printed pages of books by using a machine. It takes a lot of steps just to print out a few pages of a book. We also finished talking about Michelangelo and the statue he created out of marble that took a few years to make.

Today in class we went over more of the powerpoint that we had started yesterday in class. We took notes in our notebooks and we have a test on the Renaissance next Friday. We learned about Michelangelo and his famous sculpture in the basilica in Vatican City of Jesus and his mother Mary holding him in her arms. We also learned about all of his paintings on the ceiling of the same basilica that the sculpture is located in.

Today in class we finished section one and we went over a powerpoint and took notes in our notebooks. Revolution- The Italian Renaissance was a rebirth of learning that produced many great works of art and literature. Renaissance art and literature still influence modern thought and modern art. Terms and Names: Renaissance, humanism, secular, patron, perspective, vernacular. During the late Middle Ages, Europe suffered from both war and plague. Some people questioned the Church, which taught Christians to endure suffering while they awaited their rewards in heaven.