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Conversion of Vladimir, Prince of Russia

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  1. brought Christianity to Russian to unify people, spread thanks to monks
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The East-West Schism

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  1. East: Greek, marry, beards. West: Latin, added filioque, purgatory
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Anselm Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

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  1. Bright, young, restless so joined monastery. Was exiled by greedy kings twice. Great theologian, Satisfaction theory of the Atonement. Human reason demands God, therefore He exists
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Pope Urban II Launches the First Crusade

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  1. wanted to unite Christendom together with common enemy, in reality made schism worse. Most successful crusade, increased powerof papacy
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Bernard Founds the Monastery at Clairvaux

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  1. Monasticism was corrupted, Bernard took 30 followers to new monastery. Stressed need for personal relationship with Christ, encouraged self-denial, unlikescholastics, great empasis on Mary, in the world, but not of it.
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Universities of Paris and Oxford Founded

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Circa 1150. Peter Abelard went into private practice of teaching students because the church couldn’t trust him. Starts 1stuniversity in Paris.

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Peter Waldo Founds the Waldensians

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1173.objected to the path thecatholic church was taking, $ for wife, daughters in the convent, went on mission. He and followers excumunicated for not having authority to preach. , orthodox but didn’t have approval of church. Pope Innocent III offered back to churchif submitted to authorities.warmly embraced by protestants

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Francis of Assisi Renounces Wealth

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  1. Saw Beggar/leper with face of Christ, became beggar himself to beg for others. preached gospel of love and service. set up the Franciscan Order and sought approval for it. Criticized by Luther because based on works.
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The Fourth Lateral Council

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1215.Innocent III claimed to be Christ’s rep on earth.Transubstantiation. Communion, confession once a ear. Greater Papal power. Jews wore badges.

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Thomas Aquinas Completes Work on Summa Theologica

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  1. wanted to be Dominican monk. idea that reason and revelation don’t contradict each other both come from God. Great theologian.
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Dante Completes The Divine Comedy

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  1. Epicman thorugh Inferno,Purgatory and Paradise. Put the Pope in hell. 3 parts, 9 tiers each.
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Catherine of Siena Goes to Rome to Heal the Great Schism

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  1. Great person, felt called to bring chirch back together. Counsel Pope Urban XI
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Wycliffe Oversees English Bible Translation

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  1. The leading scholar of his time. Follwers were the Lollards. Everyone should be allowed to read scriptures. Ex-ed 31yrs after he died
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John Hus Burned at the Stake

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  1. Followed Wycliffe’s view. emphasized bible’s role (no one could add to scripture). If pope/king/bishop sins, fired. Started Unity of the Brethren.
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Johann Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible

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  1. printed bible.
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Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition

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  1. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were inquisitors,enforced church beliefs. took out protestants and heretics
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Savonarola Executed

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  1. Dominican monk who denounced sin. Became ruler of Florence. Pope Alexander VI threatened interdict on city, so Florentines gave up Savonarola
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Michelangelo Completes the Sistine Chapel

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  1. Reflected Renaissance, greater emphasis on man and his abilities. He didn’t consider himself a painter.
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Martin Luther Posts His Ninety-five Theses

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  1. Luther opposed corrupt church, hung theses when Tetzel, commissioner of indulgences, came to town. Ordered to retract views at Council of Worms; refused.
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Zwingli Leads Swiss Reformation

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  1. Believed Catholic church had parted from scripture. He caught plague, preached Bible, split from church, and met with Luther (though disagreed)
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Anabaptist Movement Begins

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  1. They sought self-governing church through the Holy Spirit. Believed in adult baptism and practiced first democracy.
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Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy

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  1. Henry wanted a divorce. Established Church of England; the king is its head.Confiscated monasteries and church property.
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John Calvin Publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion

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  1. Very disciplined, he wrote a systematic theology to defend Reformation teachings and state Protestant teachings. Focused on sovereignty of God. Pastored church at St. Pierre.
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The Pope Approves the Jesuits

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  1. Ignatius of Loyola (soldier, mystic, monk) founded Jesuits, who pledged service to the pope and sought to fix problems within the church and do missionary work abroad.
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Opening of the Council of Trent

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  1. Indulgences abolished, sacraments necessary for salvation, the church alone can interpret scripture. Greater distinction between Catholic and Protestant views.
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Cranmer Produces the Book of Common Prayer

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  1. Thomas Cranmer was archbishop of Canterbury. He pushed English Reformation, removing images from churches and discontinuing private confessions. Clergy were allowed to marry. Book of Common Prayer provided a literary classic and a form of worship.
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John Knox Returns to Scotland to Lead Reform

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  1. The Reformation in Scotland was being greatly repressed. Many battles between queen’s forces and Protestants; Protestants win. Knox and others compose Book of Discipline, then Book of Common Order.
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

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  1. Huguenots, French Protestants, were massacred by Catherine. Mobs led by Claude Marcel. Hundreds killed, including babies. Spread beyond Paris. Edict of Nantes attempted to placate protestants.
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John Smyth Baptizes the First Baptists

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1608-1609. It was dangerous to hold own religious meetings, James I (solid Anglican) took throne. Smyth started church that then fled to Amsterdam, altered thinking to Mennonite way (Christ died for all).

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Publication of the King James Bible

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  1. Believed he had a divine right to rule. Wanted to get rid of Geneva Bible, appointed 54 scholars to create new version.
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Pilgrims Sign the Mayflower Compact

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  1. Agreed that colony was for God and Christianity. They governed themselves.
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Comenius Driven From His Homeland

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  1. Driven from Bohemia, where Catholics oppressed Protestants. Settled in Poland.
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The Westminster Confession of Faith

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  1. Scotts. Set up Presbyterian church. Bible is perfect/sole authority in Christian belief. Doctrine of Predestination. Sabbath.
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George Fox Founds the Society of Friends

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  1. Quakers. No more clergy. All Christians had access to God.
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Rembrandt Completes the Return of the Prodigal Son

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  1. Uniquely protestant art. Showed humanity.
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Philip Jacob Spener Publishes Pia Desideria

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  1. “Pious desires” six point plan 1. Christians have a deeper more life affecting view of scriptures. Small meetings in homes. 2. Responsibility to laypeople. 3. Person experience. 4. Better to pray for then shout at. 5. Apply scripture to life. 6. Congregation singing.
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John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress Published

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  1. Allegory of salvation and Christian walk. Jailed for his teaching.
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The Births of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel

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  1. Wrote sacred music. .
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Publication of Isaac Watt’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs

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  1. Father of english hymnody. Influence on non-Anglican churches

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