Beginning restoration terms and Dates Flashcards
When was the Council of Nicaea?
A.D. 325
Who was instrumental in calling the Council of Nicaea?
Constantine
What was the dispute that called the Council of Nicaea?
The nature of the Godhead
Renaissance means?
Rebirth
When did the renaissance happen?
14th century, 1300-1500
Who translated the Bible into German?
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was born
Eisleben, Saxony, on 10 November 1483
Martin Luther nailed to the church door at Wittenberg his Ninety-five Theses when?
31 October 1517
John Wycliffe
During the 1300’s in England he denounced the corruption and abuses of the Catholic church and condemned the pope as anti-Christ.
He translated the scriptures and circulated them among the common people.
John Wycliffe
King Henry VIII
Wanted a divorce with his wife and was excommunicated from Catholic church in 1533.
Who established the Church of England
Henry VIII
Two reformers in Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin
What did Zwingli do in the reformation
He convinced the citizens of Zurich that the Bible should be the only standard of religious truth.
John calvin is known for what?
attempteing to create a holy city around the biblical models