church history 2b Flashcards
its a “proxy” war how?
she’s dealing with the non conformists indirectly through the issue of vestments - knowing they’ll throw themselves out - making her look stronger and them weaker
puritanism begins to have both….
stronger AND moderate voices from here
every denom comes from …
english puritanism - family tree
2 puritans write to parliament in 1570…
“Admonition to Parliament” - demand that Parl get the queen to chill ab vestments - don’t get anywhere
Cambridge under Eliz ….
2-3 puritan houses - seminaries - great scholarship happened there- discovery of Aramaic- textual criticism - manuscripts of OT & NT- study there led to KJV
reformed mvmt begins to diverge…
Bullinger and Beza - both sending diff messages to Calv in Eng- saying yes and no to politic involvement
Eliz reigns for
35 yrs
she never…
marries b/c don’t want kingdom to go to outsider
Eng invites in a new line to rule….
from Scotland - James - related to Tudors - King James 1 (6th in Scot)
Scot and Eng are same country
with distinctions
James 1 has been raised by hard core…
Puritans
he was ________ as a boy
raped by 30 yr old man – issues w/ orientation - scarred
raised to view kingship like…
Divine Right (like Henry) from David
Scot, Ire, Eng united on coronation 1603
now from Tudor to Stuart monarchy
Puritans get all fired up b/c…
they think they’ll have their way now agains the conformists / anglicans
what happens at Hampton Court Conference?
he gets handed Millenary Petition - 1000 names saying please reform the church - it’s their candy list b/c they presume he’s gonna do it all…backfires…he calls this Conference where he meets w/ Puritans and Conformists - all who fought - not gonna let either party tell him what to do
Whitgift comes forward….
says don’t listen to the Puritans and Jas screams at him for not letting the Bible be translated
then Richard Bancroft the puritan comes up..
and he get screamed at for making mtn out of mole hill on every issue
outcome…
both don’t get what they want but both get SOMETHING - new Bible - KJV - they had to work together on it
KJV Bible…
reads like Shakespeare - cadence - musical language
w/in a year terrorist attack on Jas and Eng govt…
GUNPOWDER PLOT
who was behind it?
Guy Fawkes
what happened?
rented space under Parliament and put enough gun powder to blow 6 mi’s of London up - discovered Nov 5 - “remember remember the 5th of November”- still burn paper mache pope on Nov 5- most amazing near misses in Eng hist- PUSHED FURTHER PROTESTANT
Religion under James 1
all denom’s begin here
General Baptists…
bap came out of Puritanism - wanted indep congregational authority and blvr baptism
80% of puritans are…
inf bap
Bap and Presb comes out of
puritanism
who wrote Basilikon Doron?
King Jas - basically saying key to being king is to have people obey you - David in Biblekeep groups off balance so they depend on you
James reigns for …
20 yrs and gives us KJV Bible
next is …
Charles 1 - MORON
Ch 1 is …
mean and arrogant - treats pple like crap
marries a ….
Catholic wife! and later tries to persecute puritans - he hates them and this creates opening for Arminians to Eng - to aggrivate puritans
Archbishop who antagonizes puritans…
Laud - even cuts off ears - Boxing ears
Laud invents..
high church
Scottish Presbyterians…
rebel - they worship with Knox’s liturgy - Ch wanted them to use bk of common prayer- old woman throws stool and rebellion breaks out
Charles calls parliament..
The Long Parliament 20 yrs - he wants $ and troops to kill scots - P says NO! He tries to fire them all and they decide to never adjourn so nothing ratified - “long” parliament
Parliament gets mad and they decide to …
rebel too!! Civil War - 1643-46
Parl writes a treaty with Scot…
Solemn League and Covenant - partner w/ Scots to fight Ch
2 sides in civil war were
- Royalists - Charles side - Laud and bishops2. Parliamentarians - Cromwell - head general - John Owen is a chaplain during this time w/ Cromwell - they were sick of the king
Charles 1 surrenders
next 3 yrs he’s in prison
during this time 1646 Parliament calls a subcommittee to pull together theological commitments..
Westminster Confession of Faith - Larger and Shorter Catechism - tech a govt doc
charles gets …
beheaded in 1649
1653-58 was a period under…
Cromwell - the Protectorate - acts like a monarch
Charles 2 put…
on the throne
was predestination a central dogma in 16th cent?
no
how was it discussed?
- discussed under salvation2. view shared by all reformers
was it a central issue for Calvin?
no - it was already being discussed under topic of salvation
what was the issue for Calvin?
if i come to faith - did I save myself or did God give me the ability to respond in faith
wesley’s view?
we’re messed up but not dead - prevenient view of grace
Was Beza different than Calvin on predestination?
yes - he took it to a diff level
was it a central doctrine for Beza?
yes - he focused on HOW it works not just THAT it works
Beza discussed it under..
God’s being - more philosophical- who is God and what is his sov choice
Beza tried to state…
what God was thinking - how and what order- his views not shared then by all reformers
what did other reformers do?
challenged him a. it was a whole new line of thinking and b. this isn’t what Calvin would do
what were the 2 new concepts?
- Infralapsarianism2. Supralapsarianism
what is lapsarianism?
the Fall (lapse)
what is Infra?
in the midst of
what is Supra?
before
what is Infralapsarian order?
CreatePermit the FallElect some, pass over the restProvide Salvation for the elect
what is Supralapsarian order?
Elect to salvationCreatePermit the FallProvide Salvation
what’s the central issue?
which thing does God prioritize?- Supra makes it seem like creation was incidental to demonstrating election not a part of it - feels like a game God set up
what does Infra appear to be?
God is a creator and he saves - follows the flow of REDEMPTION STORY
what’s the main problem with all this?
- it’s idolatry to think God’s thoughts w/o Him revealing it2. God’s mind doesn’t work temporally - his thoughts are not ours - so ordering FOR Him is crazy - for Him everything is NOW3. Under Beza Supra - becomes new hot idea model
in both cases God is…
saving before He creates
it is attempting to order..
both chronologically and logically
what comes as a result of all this?
ARMINIANISM
how?…who is William Perkins?
writes On the Order and Mode of Predestination 1598- lives in Cambridge - puritan hot bed- he loves Beza’s model- this book is SUPRA- next 50-75 yrs this argument on the continent moves to England in EXTREME versions - beza Calvinism and wesley Armin
did Calvinists feel well represented by Beza?
NO = European calv didn’t like it
what position did Samuel Huber take?
he doesn’t like SUPRA- brings up the notion of hypothetical universal application of the sov of God- pushing back on SUPRA hard (God doesn’t like everyone & they act like they know WHO)
at this point it’s still an in-house
debate
Debates begin at Cambridge
Lambeth Articles 1595
who was Lambeth?
Arch of Cant - wrote in favor of God loving all - defending traditional ref view
what do these debates culminate into?
Arminianism and the Synod of Dort
did the 5 points of Calvinism come from Dort?
NO - 5 points of Arminianism did- Calvinism came in response to these - 5pts came in response to Dort- TULIP not called that til 20th cent
did anyone see this as a new watershed for Calvinism?
NO
was Jacob Arminius a Calvinist?
YES - studied under Beza