Chapter 13 1-29 Flashcards
Christian humanism
profound preoccupation with religion; focused on sources of early Christianity, the Holy Scriptures; Christian humanists started to call for radical change; education could instill a true inner piety
Desiderius Erasmus
(1466-1536) formulated and popularized the reform program of Christian humanism; most influential of all Christian humanists
The Praise of Folly
written by Erasmus; criticized the most corrupt practices of his society; esp. harsh on the abuses committed by the clergy
Thomas More
(1478-1535) Lord Chancellor of England; presented a new social system in which cooperation and reason replaced power and fame as the proper motivating agents for human society
Utopia
written in 1516; an account of the idealistic life and institutions of the community of Utopia; reflects More’s concerns with the economic, social, and political problems of his day
pluralism
the holding of many church offices
indulgence
remission of all or part of the temporal punishment due to sin
Modern Devotion
popular mystical movement; spawned the lay religious order, the Brothers and Sisters of the Common Life, and a reform of monastic life in Germany and the Low Countries
Brothers and Sisters of the Common Life
a lay religious order produced by the Modern Devotion
Thomas a Kempis
best-known member of Brothers of the Common Life; wrote the great mystical classical of the Modern Devotion, The Imitation of Christ
The Imitation of Christ
deemphasis of religious dogma; a life of inner piety was preferable to dogma and intellectual speculation
Martin Luther
split with the Catholic church; salvation is achieved by faith alone; the Bible is the chief guide to religious truth; Protestant Reformation, 95 Theses
justification by faith
primary doctrine of the Protestant Reformation; expounded by Luther
Albrecht of Brandenburg
purchased the archbishopric of Mainz with money from the Fugger Bank; paid the Pope and the bank with money from indulgences
Johann Tetzel
hired by Albrecht; a Dominican; sold indulgences