Christian Heritage Test 3 Flashcards
1438; in France, the French king looks at the French church and tells them they can govern their temporalities and you don’t have to ask Rome
Pragmatic Sanction of the Bourges
church issues not dealing with spiritual things
temporalities
a new style of learning in opposition to scholasticism; a renewal of interest in classical Greek and Latin literature, art, etc; Christians apply this style of learning to scripture and early Christian writers (the New Testament and Augustine, for example)
Humanism
first person to publish a critical edition of the Greek NT in 1516; he looks at multiple manuscripts and finds the original reading in the differences to the best of his ability
Erasmus
writes the Complutensian Polyglot and it is the first printed critical Greek translation and it has many languages in 1514; made people say Erasmus’s version used too new manuscripts
Ximenes
created the printing press; led to books being cheaper and more people had access to it, which was a big part of the Humanist movement
Gutenberg
old theologian who believed the human condition was fallen and thus people can’t choose good, God is completely sovereign and completely controls everything and human’s can’t earn God’s favor
Augustine
known as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation; a humanist; an Augustinian monk; wrote the 95 Theses
Martin Luther
the assurance of salvation - he writes confessions like Augustine, but is ridden with guilt and wonders how humans can be sure they’ve done enough to merit salvation
Luther’s “problem”
thinks people can freely choose to do good and push them closer to God’s favor
Neo-Pelagians
justification by faith; humans can’t eat God’s favor and salvation is completely sovereign act and it is a gift to be received we just have to receive it in faith; faith isn’t a work
Luther’s “solution”
there is still a penalty for forgiven sins
penance
a remission of the penalty of a forgiven sin cairned by various prescribed conditions or actions; started with Irish monasticism but was abused by the church
indulgence
allows the selling of indulgences to get out of penances to pay for the repairs
Pope Leo X
says “when a coin in the coffers rings, a soul in purgatory springs”
Johann Tetzel
full of disagreements and issues to discuss with the Catholic church and begins the Protestant Reformation
95 Theses
scripture and scripture alone should be the ultimate authority for Christian thought and practice
Sola Scriptura
7 Catholic Sacraments
baptism, eucharist, confirmation, reconciliation, anointing of the sick, marriage, holy orders
Luther’s 3 Sacraments
baptism, eucharist, penance
a long held Catholic tradition that Zwingli said wasn’t found in the Bible
purgatory
Swiss, thinks a lot of the same things as Luther, just differently; struggled with whether material bread and wine can give something divine; known for strict scripturalism, suspicion of idolatry, preference for spirit over matter, discomfort with talk of the real presence of Christ in Eucharist
Huldrych Zwingli
take Zwingli to the nth degree; said infant baptism isn’t really in the Bible; in 1525 they rebaptize themselves a believer’s baptism
Anabaptists
said baptism should only happen after a person decides to follow God as a profession of faith, church is a voluntary organization and you can’t compel people to be a Christian - the church can’t force people, and they practice church discipline and excommunicate people that disagree; said the church should be totally separate from the world, they are pacifists
Schleitheim Confession of Faith (1527)
established as a theocratic OT community in Munster in 1530 buy the anabaptists; reinstated OT principles of polygamy and kicking people out for minor disagreements
New Jerusalem
leader of New Jerusalem
Jan Matthys
reorganizes the anabaptists more moderately
Menno Simons
attempted, but failed, reconciliation between Luther and Zwingli, but resulted in 2 Protestant trajectories; happened because Germany an Switzerland needed to unify politically of military reasons
Colloquy at Marburg (1529)
fled France because of political pressure on religious dissenters to Geneva, Switzerland; believed in predestination and believes scripture is the sole source of the knowledge of God
John Calvin
God must initiate salvation through an act of grace and he chooses to save who he wants to save
divine sovereignty
God chooses who he wants to save and he chooses who he doesn’t save
double predestination
a mirror of human sinfulness, restraint for evil, edification
3 uses of the law
total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints
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