Ch. 11 Flashcards
Proponents/allies of reforming the Catholic Church
Free imperial towns, trade guilds, towns people, the laity, the peasantry
Birthplace of the Reformation
Germany and Switzerland
Contributing factors to criticism of the church
More knowledge; travel, postal systems, books and libraries
Common goal of lay religious movements
Imitation of Christ; The New Testament Model
Ideology of the Brothers of the Common Life
Life of prayer and study outside of church
Imitation of the Christ
Thomas à Kempis; Summarized philosophy of the Brothers of the Common Life
Martin Luther
Son of miner, parents wanted him a lawyer, becomes Monk
Salvation according to the Medieval Church
WORKS + GRACE = SALVATION; joint venture between man and God
Doctrine and Indulgences
Treasury of Merit, Pope Leo X and Jubilee Indulgence to finish St. Peter’s Basilica || Johann Tetzel- “When a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from Purgatory sings”
95 Thesis
October 31, 1517 Complaint about indulgences, written in Latin, humanists translated it in the vernacular
Literary works of Martin Luther
95 Thesis, Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Babylonian Captivity, Freedom of a Christian
Diet of Worms
April 1521, Charles V tells him to recant his works
Martin Luther’s views on salvation
Belief/Faith = Works = Grace = Salvation || Justification by faith alone
Peace of Ausburg
1555, “Cuius regio, eius regio”, Princes could choose their own religion, end of German Reformation
Reaction to the German Peasants revolt
“Against the Murderous and Thieving Hordes of Peasants” is written, 70-100,000 peasants slaughtered, no one supported it
Diet of Ausburg
1530, Protestants ordered to reconvert to Catholicism, Charles V