MARTIN LUTHER NINETY-FIVE THESES QUESTIONED MANY TENETS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The theses promoted Luther's arguments against what he considered an abuse of clergy practice by selling plenary indulgences; certificates that, according to Catholic beliefs, reduced the temporal punishment of purgatory for sins committed by buyers or their loved ones.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES ARE A SET OF MEDITATION, PRAYER, AND CONTEMPLATION EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN ONE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola are meditations, prayers and mental exercises designed to be performed for a period of 28 to 30 days. The book has approximately 200 pages. They have been written with the intention of increasing the personal experience of the Catholic faith.
THE INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM LISTED THE WORKS WHICH WERE BANNED BY THE CHURCH
The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a list of publications that the Catholic Church classified as pernicious books for the faith; it also established, in its first part, the norms of the Church with respect to the censorship of books. It was promulgated for the first time at the request of the Council of Trent by Pope Pius IV on March 24, 1564.
MALLEUS MALEFICARUM WAS AN AUTHORITATIVE TREATISE ON WITCHCRAFT
The Malleus Maleficarum is probably the most important treatise published in the context of the witch-hunt of the Renaissance.
