How Can I Be Saved? Flashcards
In what year did a twenty-year-old student trudge a dusty road in Saxony?
In 1505–the same summer that an old and discouraged Christopher Columbus sat down to write his last will.
What did the student say when lightning struck so close that it knocked him to the ground?
“St. Anne, help me!” he cried. “I will become a monk.”
What is knucklebones?
Knucklebones is a game like jacks, played with the bones of sheep.
Which Catholic relics did Wittenberg own?
- Four hairs from the head of Mary, mother of Christ
- A wisp of straw from the cradle in which the baby Jesus once lay
- Over nineteen thousand pieces of bone from various saints.
Which European Catholic beliefs did Martin Luther also hold?
- Eternal life promised to those who followed Jesus, and that the agony of hell awaited those who were not saved.
- Baptism washed away a child’s sins in case he or she die young.
- Confessing their sins to priests helped adults mend their ways.
The last rites of placing oil on the forehead pointed a dying believer toward heaven.
What Bible passage did Martin Luther find Comfort in?
“The just shall live by faith”
What year did Martin Luther nail a paper listing of his ideas to the door of the castle church?
He nailed the paper listings in 1517.
What was Martin Luther’s personality like compared to John Calvin?
Martin Luther was down-to-earth, friendly, and emotional. John Calvin was cool and logical.
“The Bible should be available in the language of ordinary folk, not just in __________, which only educated people understood. Luther translated the Bible into ____________.
Latin, German.
“Most monarchs only allowed one church to be established: the one that agreed with their beliefs”. What were those who disagreed subjected to?
“Subjects who disagreed either had to keep silent and attend the established church, or worship secretly and risk being arrested, jailed, or burned at the stake.
Why did the Indians develop black lung disease?
“Indians were forced to toil in deep tunnels where the dust brought sickness and death from black lung disease”.
What were Martin Luther and John Calvin’s conflicting ideas and to whom did they belong?
- Martin Luther: judge for yourself.
- John Calvin: build a holy commonwealth.
What is “sea dog” a euphemism for?
“But sea dog is simply a polite way of saying pirate”.
In what year did Drake’s friend, Walter Raleigh sponsor an expedition that landed off the coast of present day North Carolina at Roanoke Island?
Walter Raleigh sponsored the expedition in 1585.
What would Sir Richard Greenville do to demonstrate how tough he was?
He would “take he glasses between his teeth, and crush them into pieces, and swallow them down, so that oftentimes the blood ran out of his mouth.
