Chapters 13-14 Flashcards
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Christian humanist (1478-1535)
friends w Erasmus
Utopia - 1516
-criticized Catholic Church and society
Erasmus
Christian humanist (1466-1536)
The Handbook of the Christian Knight-1503
“philosophy of Christ”
-simple faith, not complex cath. doctrines
The Prince of Folly - 1511
pluralism
when church officials took over more than one office
Thomas a Kempis
The Imitation of Christ
modern devotion
religious movement that stressed simple faith, not complex catholic dogma
Martin Luther
German monk whose 95 theses began the Protestant reformation
sacraments
specific deeds to the Catholic Church taught one must do to be saved (confession, baptism)
good works
catholic idea that one must do certain things in order to be saved (sacraments)
justification
the idea that one has earned salvation
Leipzig debate
july 1519
Luther had to admit he objected to far more than merely the sale of indulgences
tetzel
monk sent to sell indulgences
pope Leo X
pope during Luther controversy
95 theses
luthers 95 objections to the sale of indulgences
emperor Charles V
holy roman emperor whose edict of works demanded luthers arrest
Lutheranism
luthers new non catholic christian faith
peasants war
(1520s)
uprising against princes inspired by luthers challenged to authority
priesthood of all believers
luthers rejection of the Catholic church’s ecclesiastical hierarchy
ecclesiastical hierarch
catholic church’s belief that catholic clergy were closer to God than non clergy
schmalkaldic league
German Protestant alliance against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
schmalkaldic wars
wars in 1540s between Charles V and the Protestant German princes
Zwingli
Protestant reformer in Zurich, Switzerland whose fought a civil war against catholic Swiss leaders but lost and was killed in 1531
anabaptists
Protestants who emphasized the voluntary nature of faith and the complete separation of church and state
menno Simons
founder of anabaptist group called Mennonites
Thomas Cranmer
Archbishop of Canterbury who refused to go along with Henry VIII’s split from the Catholic Church and was executed