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the name of an encyclical issued by Pope Pius XI in 1937, against the Nazis

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Mit brennender sorge

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the name of an encyclical issued by Pope Paul VI in 1968, addressed contraception and other sexuality issues, and reiterating the Catholic Church’s traditional position on these matters.

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Humanae vitae

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German theologian who lived 1768-1834 and is considered the “father of modernist theology.”

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Friedrich Schleiermacher

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pope during WWII; served under Pius XI as Cardinal Pacelli; wrote considerable portions of Pius XI’s Mit brennender sorge.

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Pius XII

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a 19th c. movement within the Church of England to return to the Catholic roots of the faith; gave rise to the “Anglo-Catholic” party within Church of England.

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The “Oxford Movement”

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a prominent figure in the Oxford or Tractarian Movement; converted to Catholicism in 1845 and became a cardinal; one of the most prominent 19th c. English intellectuals.

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John Henry Newman

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19th c. German intellectual who proclaimed that “God is dead, and we have killed him”; deliberately infected himself with syphilis.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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the name for the large element of German Lutheran (“Evangelical”) Church which cooperated with the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s.

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“German Church”

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Benedictines

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Took a vow of poverty, but lived wealthy lifestyle

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Franciscans

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Charity and Evangelism, not intellectual

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Ignatius Loyala

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Founder of the Jesuits

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Jesuits

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Obedience to church leads to salvation

Retreats

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Francis Xavier

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Took vow to pope
Wanted to convert the Turks
Parish educators
Established orphanages 
Wanted to do missionary work for Heathens (non-Christians)
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Teresa of Avila

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Carmelite Nun
Tried to reform from within
Didn’t wear shoes

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Francis De Sales

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Tried to win back the Calvinists of Geneva
Was made Bishop of Geneva
Played with children to convert the families
Went 3 years without converts

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Cardinal Caraffa

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Pope Paul IV

Kept Germany from being united w/ France

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Cardinal Contarini

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Arranged Colloquy of Ratisbom (1541)

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Council of Trent

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Decided official Catholic doctorines

“Roman Catholic” term comes from this

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Prayer in public school

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Diet of Augsburg

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1548; married clergy, communion in two kinds

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Peace of Augsburg

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1555; whatever religion the ruler chooses, that is the religion on the people
Gives Lutherans rights, not Calvinists

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Evangelical Union

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1608; to uphold privileges of the Peace of Augsburg

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Catholic League

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1609; in response to evangelical union

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First Defenestration of Prague

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13 May 1618; throw imperial commissioner out of the window
Military rebellion
Begins 30 years war

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30 Years War

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1618-48

Treaty of West Phalia ends it

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Treaty of West Phalia

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1648 ends the thirty years war
End of functional Christian kingdoms
Acted like Christianity didn’t matter

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The Reformation

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1517-1648

95 Theses-Treaty of West Phalia

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Huguenots

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Protestants

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Anti-Catholic posters posted around the city, and on Kings door

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October 18, 1534; Made king anti-protestant

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Colloquy of Polssy

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1561; didn’t work, couldn’t compromise with Calvinism

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Sparks French Wars of Religion

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March 1562; Huguenots take over Catholic Churches; 30 Years

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St. Michaels Massacre

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Catholics massacred by Catholics

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St. Bartholomew’s Massacre

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August 23, 1572; Catholics killing Huguenots

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Edict of Nantes

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1598; toleration for protestants in France

Louis XIV fully evokes the Edict of Nantes

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James IV of Scotland becomes

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James I of England; suspicious of protestant even though he is protestant

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Arminianism

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Double predestination

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“Remonstrance” against calvinism

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Said grace depends on works, not just faith

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Synod of Dort

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1618-1619; defined Calvinism, went against Arminianism

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English Civil War

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Decleration of Breda

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Charles II could come back and be king if he allowed religious freedom

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First methodist conference

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1st great awakening

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Series of revival meetings

Transferred Methodist from British to US

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2nd Great Awakening

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Camp Meeting run by methodists, baptists, and others

Deism & Unitarianism

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Deism

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God created the world & let it go, denies divinity of Jesus Christ

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Unitarianism

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Denied the trinity & divinity of Jesus Christ

46
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Quietism

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French movement; emphasized how Christians don’t belong in the World
Jeannine Guyon
Francois Fenceon

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Pietism

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German movement;
Good works, simple faith, personal experience
de-emphasizes belief of doctrines
Emphasizes work

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