How Can I be Saved? Flashcards
What was Luther studying before he dedicated his life to living as a monk?
Law.
What was one thing that happens before you die to send a believer toward heaven?
Oil gets placed on your forehead.
What are some things the castle church proudly claimed to have?
4 hairs from the head of Mary, a wisp of straw from Jesus’s cradle, and over 19000 pieces of bones from various saints.
What was one thing special about William of Anhalt?
He was a prince who had given up his worldly wealth to walk the streets begging.
What was the one thing Luther put at the center of his religion?
The Bible.
What did Luther nail to the door of the castle church?
A paper listing his ideas about what believers of Christianity should do to be saved.
What was the result of the 95 theses Luther nailed to the castle church door?
It marked the start of a reform movement that became known as the Protestant Reformation.
Who was John Calvin?
He was one of the most important Reformation leaders.
How should you describe Luther and Calvin after reading the text?
Luther was down-to-earth, friendly, and emotional. Calvin was a cool and logical.
What was Calvin’s dream?
That the elect believers whom God had saved would govern the world in peace.
What did Calvin do in Geneva?
Calvin and his reformers gained enough influence to set up a holy commonwealth, a government run on Protestant principles.
What were some things that you couldn’t do in Geneva?
Passing tobacco to another worshiper, making a noise in Church, or naming your child after a saint.
Why did Luther want everyone to be able to read the Bible?
At the time, popes and church councils acted as the final judges of the Bible’s meaning, not ordinary people.
What was a language that Luther translated the Bible into?
German.
What was the punishment for being a heretic?
You were burned at the stake.
