Ch. 13 Reformation Flashcards
(31 cards)
Thomas Moore
- Author of “Utopia”-explained a perfect world. Criticized corruption found in English and European society of 1516.
- devoted to the Catholic Church
- spoke out against Henry and Ann’s divorce and was executed.
Desiderius Erasmus
- Dutch Christian humanist
- Pushed for the simplicity of the church and of religion but did not advocate a break with the Catholic Church.
- Reconstructed the first complete ancient Greek Bible ever (Septuagint)
Martin Luther
- People are just justified by grace through faith.
- priesthood of all believers
- Sola scripture
- God is sovereign and mankind is depraved
Joann (john) Tetzel
Ok
95 Thesis
• 95 specific points he was horrified about indulgences
The Diet of Worms
- Religious Council
* Charles V and other people explain their views on the Bible
The Peasants War
- Peasants took Luther as their inspirational leader
- they misunderstood Luthers theological freedom as political freedom
- “everyone was the same in God’s eyes”
Philip Melanchthon
- Chief, spokesman, theologian, and apologist working with Luther.
- A great follower of Lutheranism
- formulated Augsburg confession which spelled out what was in the Lutheran faith.
Sacraments
• Baptism and Eucharist are the only real sacraments according to Luther.
Peace of Augsburg
- Peace treaty ending this first round of war.
* The Holy Roman Emperor agreed to tolerate Lutheranism in Germany
Ulrich Zwingli
- Was influenced heavily by Christian humanism
* preached very similar theology to Luther
Marburg Colloquy
- Luther and Zwingli met and agreed on almost all theological issues
- Zwingli thought the Eucharist was a symbol of the body and blood of Christ nothing more
- Luther definitely believe the Eucharist was a sacrament
John Calvin
• Formulated theological interpretations of the Bible "institute of Christianity" His theology: • absolute sovereignty of God • we have a no right to be upset at God •"The end of man is to glorify God"
Anabaptists (Münster incident)
- Lutherans and Catholics found that the Anabaptists had been doing sexual debauchery, cannibalism, Etc.
- Anabaptist means baptized again
Anabaptist theology
- Sola scriptura-anything not found in the Bible could not be followed
- Eschatology
- Humility and simpleness of the gospel
- Believers baptism and adult baptism
- Radical discipleship
- Imitation of Christ
Menno Simons
- Descendent of Anabaptist
* followers became the Mennonites
Act of Supremacy
- Made Henry the head of the English church
* Practice stayed very similar to Catholicism
William Tyndale
- Translated the Bible from Greek into English
- talking about God “if we do what he says he will bless us and make us like a city on a hill if we turn our backs on God we will be cursed.”
Edward VI
• Throne after Henry
Thomas Cranmer
- Archbishop of Canterbury
* helped Edward rule
Book of common prayer
• Parliament made this universal throughout England
Mary Tudor (bloody Mary)
- Goal to recatholicize Spain
* eliminated the book of common prayer, act of supremacy and executed Thomas Cranmer.
Ignatius of Loyola
- Became a monk
- monastic order-Jesuits Took a Bal of poverty and chastity and were completely devoted to battling against the forces of the re-formation
- “society of Jesus” aka “Jesuits”
Council of Trent
- Series of church councils that dealt with problems in Christendom.
- allowed Inquisition
- Started “index of forbidden books”-List of all the books that a practicing Catholic was not allowed to read.
- People were executed
- Catholic faith and values were strengthened
- wanted to bring Protestants back to the church