Protestant Reformation

Question 1

What is the Protestant reformation?

Answer 1

A revolution of religion in western Europe. It was result of centuries worth of political and social grievances against the Catholic Church.

Question 2

How did Christianity begin?

Answer 2

It was founded in the first century as a small religion. Christianity continued to grow by the thirteenth century. It became so powerful that it was able to rival state government.

Question 3

What philosophy rose to fame at the same time as the Protestant reformation?

Answer 3

Humanism

Question 4

What did the people begin to believe about the Catholic church?

Answer 4

People started to believe that the church had become increasingly corrupt.

Question 5

Who are the most well-known advocates about the corruption?

Answer 5

John Wycliffe of England, Jan Hus of Bohemia, and Martin Luther of Germany

Question 6

When did the people start to question the church?

Answer 6

In the early 1500s

Question 7

What is one belief, Martin Luther, disagreed with?

Answer 7

The pope is the ultimate spiritual authority

Question 8

What are indulgences?

Answer 8

Purchasing forgiveness for sins by giving money to the church

Question 9

What did Martin Luther believe in?

Answer 9

You could attain salvation by faith alone

Question 10

When did the Protestant Reformation begin?

Answer 10

October 31, 1517

Question 11

What did Martin Luther write?

Answer 11

95 theses

Question 12

What was the 95 theses about?

Answer 12

They are arguments against the Church

Question 13

When was Luther declared a heretic by the church?

Answer 13

January 1521

Question 14

What tool helped the reformation gain momentum?

Answer 14

The printing press

Question 15

What was Christianity split into?

Answer 15

Two denominations: Catholic and Protestant

Question 16

Who created the bible translations?

Answer 16

Martin Luther and other reformists

Question 17

What languages did the reformists translate the Bible to?

Answer 17

English, German, and French

Question 18

Before the revolution, who did the lower class depend on?

Answer 18

The upper class

Question 19

What was the biggest impact of the reformation?

Answer 19

common people became empowered to question religion and other aspects of life

Question 20

which two parties had a ongoing dispute?

Answer 20

Roman catholic pope and european kings

Question 21

What did the King of France want?

Answer 21

Wanted unconsolidated power and wealth

Question 22

When did the seat of the papacy return to Italy?

Answer 22

1377

Question 23

What did the papacy also do in 1377?

Answer 23

Elected another pope to rule from Avignon, France

Question 24

How long did dual popes last for?

Answer 24

Almost forty years

Question 25

How did the Catholic Church accumulate wealth?

Answer 25

It got entangled in political matters and engaged in some corrupt practices.

Question 26

What is another corrupt practice the Catholic Church do?

Answer 26

Simony: The buying and selling of church offices

Question 27

In the 12th century, what doctrine did the Catholic Church develop?

Answer 27

In the 12th century, what doctrine did the Catholic Church develop? Purgatory: after death, you don’t go to heaven or hell, but just in the middle space

Question 28

What is the idea of purgatory?

Answer 28

The soul has to be purified before entering heaven

Question 29

In 1515, what did Luther came to realize

Answer 29

God forgave the sins of people for free

Question 30

What did Luther perceive salvation as?

Answer 30

Salvation was a gift of grace and not a reward for good works

Question 31

What is the group that Luther started?

Answer 31

Priesthood of all believers

Question 32

What is sola scriptura?

Answer 32

Scripture alone is the final authority for Christians was the bible and NOT THE PAPAL DOGMA

Question 33

Who was Jean Calvin?

Answer 33

A minister from Geneva

Question 34

What was his most significant contribution to the reformation?

Answer 34

systematize the Protestant doctrine. Made into a lengthy treatise -- The institutes of the Christian Religion

Question 35

What are Calvin's two distinctive doctrines

Answer 35

Predestination and Elect

Question 36

What is predestination?

Answer 36

God had an idea of who will be saved and who would go to hell. Salvation and damnation was not a matter of human choice, but God's choice

Question 37

What is Elect?

Answer 37

The elect were those whom God had chosen to save. Those were elect had no choice in the matter, and they could never lose their salvation

Question 38

What is Theocracy?

Answer 38

The bible was the rule of law

Question 39

What was Calvin's thought about financial wealth?

Answer 39

It was the proper reward for hard work. As long as they don't allow money to become their focus. Accumulation of wealth could be seen as sign of God's favor

Question 40

What did the anabaptists believe?

Answer 40

Reformation principles that Luther and Calvin believed in, but separated from them on the question of baptism