Martin Luther-One of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation and the founder of the Lutheran faith.

Chapter 3 Introduction

• What does a reformer need?A reformer needs qualities such as vision, courage, honesty, sincerity, and determination.

• Which of these qualities seem most evident in Luther's portrait? Courage and determination are qualities show in the Martin Luther picture.

Chapter 3 Introduction

• A reformer needs qualities such as vision, courage, honesty, sincerity, and determination.

• Courage and determination are qualities show in the Martin Luther picture.

Learning Goal

• You will learn about the Reformation as a major turning point in Western history that fragmented Christianity in western Europe, brought to an end the thousand-year domination of the Catholic Church, and began the establishment of the many Protestant faiths.

Chapter 3 Introduction

• One of the most important methods of understanding any era in history is to grasp the key personalities that shaped it.

• Forceful people with strong views stood behind both the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

• I.E. The English king Henry VIII

King Henry VII

• What do you know about Henry VIII?

• He had many wives, some of whom he had executed

• He was very fat• He was the father of Queen

Elizabeth I

Henry VIII

• Henry VIII was, in addition to the popular image of him created by the media, was a dynamic leader who changed English history

Activity

• The five people named in the following activity all played central roles in the history of the Reformation.

• For each individual, note down in the first column anything you know about this figure and in the second column anything they would like to learn about him or her.