II. Movements Flashcards
-Know leader or key opponent associated with movement and typical characteristic. -Match each of 8 movements with the time of its flourishing, a leader or opponent identified with it, and a description of its typical characteristics. -He must then select 1 and briefly explain its significance for the Church today.
Anabaptism
1525-1580,
A radical reformation movement.
Conrad Grebel (1498-1526).
Arose initially out of the Northern Swiss Zwinglian movement–and spread as followers tried to escape both RC and Protestant persecution. Amish and Mennonite. Resistance of church and state, literal interpretation of Bible, believers baptism.
Pelagianism
400-451
Pelagius (360-420) vs Augustine.
Denial of original sin and human will fine thiugh flesh weak. Cooperation in the process of salvation. Augustine–slavtion only by the grace of God and the chnaging of one’s will. Opposed at Council of Ephesus in 431.
Arminianism
Arminius,
Dutch,
1500s-1600s
Resistable grace, conditional election, predestination is predetermination of believer’s future, eternal security is conditional,
Socinianism
1500s-1600s
Sozzinis
Italian Anabaptist movement,
denied pre-existience of Jesus and the Trinity the divinity of Jesus.
Puritanism
1500-1600s
English protestants seeking to purify the church of England from Roman Catholic Practices, including kneeling, vestments,
Jonathan Edwards - preacher during first great awakening
Scholasticism
1200s-1300s
method of learning through dialectical reasoning,
Aquinas,
reason logics, questioning and comparing authorities to find disagreement and consensus
Monasticism
asceticism, poverty, chastity, obedience.
Middle ages (500-1000),
Italian Benedict of Nursia, Rule of St. Benedict
Modernism
late 1800s, early 1900s
movement towards reason, science, rationality, relevance.
Briggs–higher criticism and late Fosdick
