| abuse | Mißstand, Mißbrauch | |
| anxiety | state of being afraid of s.th. | Angst |
| confess, confession | declare one's sins | beichten, gestehen - Beichte |
| criticise, criticism | say what is wrong | kritisieren, Kritik |
| Counter-Reformation | Gegenreformation | |
| diet | here: legislative assembly | Abgeordnetenversammlung, Reichstag |
| division | seperation | Trennung, Teilung |
| ecclestical means to salvation | kirchliche Heilsmittel | |
| faith | firm belief | Glaube |
| grace of God | göttliche Gnade | |
| Holy Roman Empire | Heilige Römische Reich | |
| infallibilty of councils | Unfehlbarkeit der Konzilien | |
| justification | Rechtfertigung | |
| Lutheranism | movement following the teaching of Luther | |
| mass | (kirchliche) Messe | |
| monastery | Kloster | |
| monk | Mönch | |
| plain | simple | einfach |
| papal | belonging to the pope | päpstlich |
| pope | head of the Roman Catholic Church | Papst |
| Protestantism | Protestantismus | |
| pure | without sins | rein, unschuldig |
| purify | make pure or clean | reinigen |
| relics | Teile, Überbleibsel | |
| Scriptures | die heiligen Schriften, Bibel | |
| sermon | Predigt | |
| territorial princes | Landesherren | |
| theses | Thesen | |
| tithes | a tenth of the income | der Zehnte |