The Age of Piety and Reason Flashcards
(12 cards)
What scientist affect religion with their discoveries?
Copernicus
Newton
Galileo
How did the industry affect the church?
Villages abandoned for city life and jobs
Parishes empty
Need fewer people to run farms (mechanization and consolidation)
Overcrowding, poor sanitation, low wages, too many people… Harder on urban poor. No services to assist them.
What did Nicholas Copernicus discover?
The earth revolves around the sun
When did Galileo live?
1564-1642
What thinkers affected Christianity?
Kant
Voltaire
What reformers affected religion?
Philip Jakob spencer - Frankfort Germany August Herman Francke - German Nikolaus Zinzendorf - Germany -Lutheran John Wesley - England - Anglican Pascal - France - catholic
Who was Philip Jakob spener
Founder of pietism Wrote - pic desideria (pious desires) Reintroduces the church to "koinonia" Introduced laity education Greater private and public use of scripture Greater laity participation Believers must "bear fruit" Training in piety and learning rather than disputation Preaching with an aim for education
Who was August Herman Francke?
German university professor Introduces Mission Social service Lay and pastoral education
Who was Zinzendorf ?
Gorman noble
Started the Moravians
Believed in a personal piety and a religious conversion
Who was John Wesley?
Brand plucked from the burning Founder of Methodism Saved England from a bloody revolution Class meeting and societies Justification by faith through an instantaneous experience of regeneration Holiness sanctification
What are the main characteristics of pietism?
Christianity is to be found in a meaningful relationship of the individual to God.
The understanding of religious idealism - “whole, perfect or entire”
Biblical emphasis - how are the insights of the bible to be applied to the daily life?
Introduction of the opposite. Christians who really weren’t Christians
Who was Blaise pascal?
Mathematician
The famous wager
