Anabaptists:
These are groups of people who believed only adults should be baptized because
only adults understand what it means to accept Christianity as a faith.
Henry
VIII: He took the power away from the pope because he was upset that
the pope would not let him divorce his wife so he could remarry and
hopefully have a son.
Mary
Tudor: She is a daughter of Henry VIII who tried to bring Catholicism
back to Europe but failed.She also
locked her sister up for a very long time.
Book
of Common Prayer: It is a book, which imposed a moderate form of
Protestant service but kept some Catholic doctrines.
Elizabeth
I: She was the sister of Mary and has some religious peace success.She tried to bring Catholicism back to
Europe as well.
Catholic
Reformation: This is when the Catholic Church reformed, trying to get
all of the corruption out of the Church.
Council
of Trent: The Council of Trent was a religious group, which believe
that the way to salvation was through faith and that the Bible was the
main source of religious truth but not the only source.This group took steps to end the abuses
of the Catholic Church.
Inquisition:
It is the judicial system run by the Catholic Church, which took care of
Protestant rebels.
Jesuits:
This was a group of people formed together by Ignatius to help spread
Catholicism over Europe once again.
St.
Teresa of Avila: She reorganized convents and Church monasteries across
Europe.
Nicolaus
Copernicus: He was a scientist who thought that everything in the
universe revolves around a sun.
Tycho
Brahe: He supplied evidence, which supported Copernicus’ theory.
Johannes
Kepler: He used Brahe’s evidence to further prove Copernicus’ theory
to be correct but to also find out that plants don’t orbit in a perfect
circle.
Galileo
Galilei: He used a makeshift telescope to study the sunspots on the
sun and the craters on the moon.
Andreas
Vesalius: He published a book, which was the first accurate study of
human anatomy.
William
Harvey: He showed how blood is circulated through the human body and
how the heart works as a pump.
René
Descartes: He stressed that human reasoning is the best way to
understanding.He also pursued the
scientific method.
