The Reformation Flashcards
Important terms
Baroque
The sensuous and dynamic style of art of the Counter Reformation
Brethren if the Common Life
Pious laypeople in 16th century Holland, who Initiated a religious revival in their model of Christian living.
John Calvin
1509 - 1564
A French theologian who established a theocracy in Geneva and is best known for this theory of predestination.
Charles V
1519 - 1556
Hapsbueg dynastic ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and of extensive territories in Spain and the Netherlands.
Council of Trent
1545 - 1563
The Congress of learned Roman Catholic Authorities met intermittently to reform abusive Church practices and reconcile with the Protestants.
Index
A list of books that Catholics were forbidden to read
Indulgence
Papal pardon for the remission of sins.
Inquisition
A religious committee of six Roman cardinals tried heretics and published the guilty by imprisonment and execution.
Jesuits
Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.
John Knox
1505 - 1572
Calvinist leader in 16th-century Scotland
Martin Luther
1483 - 1546
German theologian who challenged the church’s practice of selling indulgences, a challenge that ultimately led to the destruction of the unity of the Roman Catholic world.
Sir Thomas More
1478 - 1535
Renaissance humanist and chancellor of England,
executed by Henry VIII for his unwillingness to recognize publicly his king as Supreme Head of the church and clergy of England.
Nepotism
The practice of rewarding relatives with church positions.
Peace of Augsburg
1555 - Document in which Charles V recognized Lutheranism
as a legal religion in the Holy Roman Empire. The faith of the prince determined the religion of his subjects.
Theocracy
A community, such as Calvin’s Geneva, in which the state Is subordinate to the church.
