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Excommunication
Refusal of the catholic church to administer the sacraments to a person
Canon law
The law of roman catholic church, loose collection of papal decrees and edicts from church councils about the rules and practice of the faith, canon laws became a means through which the papacy asserted it’s authority over the church and medieval society
Counter-reformation
Was started in the 1530’s by the church ans was aimed at reforming internal church practice to combat the success of the protestant reformation
The Bretheren of the Common Life represent
an example of pre-Reformation reform movements within the church
Martin Luther wrote his letter entitled “Ninety-Five Theses” to Archbishop Albert in response to
a new campaign to sell indulgences
According to Luther, salvation
comes from God’s free gift of grace
a new campaign to sell indulgences
In his Ninety-Five Theses, Luther criticized the selling of indulgences for all of the following reasons except that it
deceived the ignorant
The Twelve Articles were
grievances of the Swabian Peasants
The actions of the Council of Trent included all of the following except
modifying the doctrine of transsubstantiation
The Habsburg Charles V controlled all of the following areas in Europe except
Denmark
The 1477 marriage of Maximilian I of the house of Habsburg and Mary of Burgandy was important because it
brought Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands under Habsburg control
Luther’s ideas about Roman exploitation of Germany
appealed to the political aspirations of German princes
The Colloquy of Mar burg was a
failed attempt to unify Protestant theology
According to the text, Catholic historians have tended to view the Reformation as
a radical break with the past
John Knox was influential in the Reformation in
Scotland
As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the people of Germany
became either Lutheran or Catholic depending on the preference of their prince
The Protestant reformation in Germany
contributed to its continued fragmentation
Ulrich Zeingli attacked all of the following except
the doctrine of the Trinity
According to Calvin, the elect were
those individuals chosen for salvation
Anabaptists generally favored all of the following except
abolition of baptism
The dissolution of the English monasteries
resulted from Henry VIII’s desire to confiscate their wealth
Recent research on the English church before Henry VIII’s break with Rome indicates that
the church was in a very healthy condition
The Reformation in England was primarily the result of
dynastic and romantic concerns of Henry VIII
In religious affairs, Elizabeth I of England followed a policy that
was a middle course between Catholic and Protestant extremes
