2. Decline of Church Power
Rise of European nations. More power
taken by the European kings meant less
power for the Catholic Church.
The Church was also weakened by internal
conflict.
People began to question the church and
speak out against it.
3. The Avignon Papacy
In 1305 Clement V was elected pope
but refused to move to Rome.
1309-1376 the papal court resides in
Avignon, France.
The rest of Catholic peoples thought
the papacy was unduly influenced by
the French kings.
5. Question:
The Catholic Church uses
excommunication as a tool to…
A. Not talk to someone.
C. Revoke communion.
C. Promote through the
ranks of the Church.
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6. Explanation:
The Catholic church uses
excommunication as its most serious
punishment. By revoking
communion, the church is taking
Heaven away from those who are
excommunicated.
7. Question:
How many Popes typically reign at the
same time?
A. Two.
C. Three or more. D. One.
B. None.
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8. The Three Popes:
In 1378, the dual papacy in Avignon
and Rome started.
The two popes excommunicated the
rival pope and their followers.
It was not until 1418 when a
conference held by The Holy Roman
Emperor resulted in the removal of the
Avignon pope that the Catholic Church
began to heal.
9. Question:
How did internal differences weaken
the Catholic Church
A. Dividing a unified
church.
D. Kings were no longer
Catholic.
C. The rise of nations.
B. People were less
religious.
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10. Explanation:
When the Catholic Church was unified it
was strong, there was only one Christian
church available. By the end of the
Reformation there were other sects of the
Christian Church.
11. Why did some want church
reform?
Through time, the Catholic Church was a
dominate force in Europe.
Critics were not happy about some of the
ways the church earned and spent money.
While the church levied taxes on the
faithful, they did not have to pay national
taxes.
12. Indulgences:
Indulgences are pardons for sins.
The Catholic Church sold indulgences to
the more wealthy parishioners, exchanging
money for forgiveness of sins.
The Popes during the Renaissance also
spent fortunes on art, personal pleasure,
and material things.
13. Reformers
Reformers called on the church to
emphasize the spiritual not the
material world.
Desiderius Erasmus criticized the
church for neglecting Christian values
and criticized the reformers for diving
the church.
Erasmus and other humanist thinkers
shaped Martin Luther’s beliefs.
14. Question:
Why did people begin to question
some Church practices?
A. They no longer
believed in Christianity.
B. The King told them to.
D. They disagreed about
how the church earned
and spent money.
C. They thought the
Pope was not strong.
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15. Review Question #1:
Pope Clement V moved the papal
court from Rome to which European
city?
A. Florence, Italy.
D. London, England.C. Avignon, France.
B. Paris, France.
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16. Review Question #2:
How did the Great Schism weaken the
Church?
A. By creating confusion
and doubt among its
followers
C. By breaking the
Church into two.
B. By making the people
less faithful.
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17. Review Question #3:
What reforms did the critics of the
Church demand?
A. The Church to give up
its right to tax.
D. All of the above.
C. Argued for a return to
the true Christian faith.
B. The Church to give up
its right to appoint
officials.
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18. Review Question #4:
What is an indulgence in the Catholic
Church?
A. dessert.
D. The pope’s hat.C. A tax.
B. A pardon for a sin.
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