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  • Clement VII was the first antipope (1378–1394) of the Western (Great) Schism that troubled the Roman Catholic church for 40 years.

Leo X

Martin Luther

  • He was a German priest

Pope Paul III

  • He wrote a 95 theses about what he thought about the Catholic Church
  • He is known for granting indulgences for those who donated to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses.
  • His theses was printed and soon read by many people. With that said he was the leader of the Protestant Reformation.
  • Paul III was the first pope of the Counter Reformation, inaugurating the Council of Trent on December 13, 1547.
  • He was also a strong supporter of the Jesuits.

Zwingli

  • He was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.

Charles V

  • In 1518, Zwingli became the pastor of the Grossmünster in Zurich where he began to preach ideas on reforming the Catholic Church.
  • He was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519
  • Charles is best known for his role in opposing the Protestant Reformation.

Teresa of Avila

Characters of the Reformation

  • Teresa of Avlia was a Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation.
  • She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites.

Calvin

  • He was an influential French theologian and pastor

during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal

figure in the development of the system of Christian

theology later called Calvinism.

Clement VII

  • He broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530

Queen Elizabeth

  • Elizabeth brought prosperity and growth to England despite threats from foreign powers. Her reign in fact is considered one of England's most notable periods.

Queen Mary

John of the Cross

Henry VIII

  • She was sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, The Faerie Queen or Good Queen Bess
  • Saint John of the Cross was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, as a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. He is also known for his writings.
  • Besides his six marriages, Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
  • He was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, and a Catholic saint.
  • Queen Mary I was famous as the fanatical Catholic

Queen of England who gained the nickname of

Bloody Mary due to her persecution of Protestants

and for burning then at the stake.

  • Henry's struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from papal authority, the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and establishing himself as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

Thomas More

  • She was also the daughter of King Henry VIII
  • Sir Thomas More (later canonized St. Thomas More) is famous for his book Utopia (1515) and for his martyrdom. As Chancellor to Henry VIII he refused to sanction Henry's divorce of Queen Catherine. More was imprisoned, tried and executed.
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