Humanism Flashcards
Which texts did the Humanists aim to rediscover and why?
Latin and Greek texts of the earlier Christian gospels, to begin a new era of universal agreement through more direct knowledge
Why did Humanists draw their ideas published texts and what didn’t they rely on?
Didn’t rely on religious beliefs passed on through oral tradition because they aimed to purify the ideas of religion from errors developed through translation
What did they believe in the Catholic faith?
Believed the basic principles, especially free will
What were Humanists criticising about the Church?
Challenged the practices of the Church, not the beliefs, they definitely didn’t want to split the Church
Due to the fact that they were only challenged the Church practices, not the actual beliefs, what were they allowed?
The Renaissance Church allowed Humanists a remarkable degree of free thought
Referring to the fact that Humanism came before Lutheranism, what phrase can we refer to which explain how Lutheranism developed from Humanism?
‘Luther hatched the egg that Erasmus laid’
What were Henry VIII’s Humanist ideals?
- purify the Church
- remove superstition
What were Henry VIII’s beliefs?
- became dismissive of pilgrimages
- supportive of the rewriting of the Bible into Latin from the Greek texts
Thomas More assisted Henry VIII with the writing of the ‘Defence of the Seven Sacraments.’ What was this in response to?
Luther’s ‘On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church’
What did Luther respond to the ‘Defence of the Seven Sacraments’ with?
‘Against Henry, King of the English’
What did ‘Against Henry, King of the English’ accuse Henry of?
- being a stooge for the Church
- not having written the defence himself
What did More respond to ‘Against Henry, King of the English’ with?
‘Reply to Luther’
Why was More’s ‘Reply to Luther’ criticised as ‘imperious’ (arrogant and domineering) by Erasmus?
- it was an extremely strong attack
- it argued Luther was a heretic and a pervert who corrupted the morals of whoever listened to him
