Midterm People

Question 1

St. Augustine of Canterbury

Answer 1

• Introduced Christianity to England circa. 6th Century

Question 2

Edward VI

Answer 2

King (1547 to1553) after Henry VIII (died 1547)

Under his rule church shifted by the influence of the contenintal reformers

Under his reign Archbishop Thomas Cranmer published

• Book of Common Prayer
• 42 Articles of Religion

Question 3

Peter Bohler

Answer 3

Lutheran ordaned as Moravian by Zinzendorf

Met JW in Egland

did not believe in degrees of faith

Told JW to “Preach faith until you get it.”

Question 4

William Law

Answer 4

Author of Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (1729)

JW enlighted by reading his book

Some consider this JW’s conversion

Question 5

Henry VIII

Answer 5

English King

Separated from Roman Catholic church over the anulment of his marriage .

Established himself as the head of the Church of England

Act of Supremecy established English eclessiastical independence

Erastaian form of government - head of state and church

Question 6

Mary Tudor

Answer 6

Suceeded Edward VI in 1553

tried to return to traditional Roman Catholicism

Violently oppressed the Protestant reformers

Question 7

George Whitefield

Answer 7

Methodist who held to Calvinist views and separated from JW

Dynamic preacher who exposed JW to field prieacing

Strongly influence American Methodism

Question 8

Samuel Annesley

Answer 8

Susanna Wesley’s Father

Encouraged her to read and study

Nonconformist expelled in 1662

Married daughter of leader of Westminister Assembly

Question 9

Philip Jacob Spener

Answer 9

German pietist sought to reform Lutheran church

His writings and implementation influenced JW

Wrote Pia desideria which outlined deisres of piety:

1. Emphasis on Scripture (sola scriptura)
2. Renewal involves and concerns laity (priesthood of all believers)
3. Evangelical zeal over debating skill
4. focus on Christian living over intelect
5. Preaching aimed at salvation
6. Development of moral nad spiritual qualities in a pastor

Effected through small groups (colleges of piety)

Question 10

King James I

Answer 10

King when KJV was produced

KJV produced to create unity and appease Puritans but James I remained a Catholic

Question 11

Anthony Horneck

Answer 11

Founder of religious societies in England 1670’s

purpose was for the “promotion of ‘real hoiness of hear and life.”

Question 12

Richard Hooker

Answer 12

Expalined the Elizabethan Settlement in Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1595)

Model for navigating via media:

1. Scripture is the man source of truth adn basic test for Christians but was not to be the answer for every question
2. Tradtion - limited to first centuries of the church provides an authoritative explanation of scripture
3. Reason - sources and measures of truth for developing doctrines

Question 13

Jacob Arminius

Answer 13

Dutch theologian

Believed humans had free will as apposed to Calvin

Question 14

Queen Elizabeth I

Answer 14

Daughter of Henry VIII

took the throne after Mary Tudor

Excomunicated by Pope Pius V in 1570

Politically astute

Took via media as a way to settle Church of England conflict and avoid problems seen on the continent

Question 15

Thomas Cranmer

Answer 15

Arch bishop of Canterbury

16th Century under Henry VIII and Edward VI

Major author of

• Book of Common Prayer
• 42 Articles of Religoin

These documents show a reformist view after he married Margaret Osiander - niece of a Lutheran reformer.

Question 16

Susanna Annesley

Answer 16

Educated by father

Educated her children rigorously but devoted individua time to each

17-19 children with 10 surviving

Refused to recognize king in her prayer - conflict w/samuel

Refused to stop teaching in conflict w/ Samuel

Question 17

Jeremy Taylor

Answer 17

Rule and Exercise of Holy Living and Dying (1650)

Influential in JW’s understanding of Holy Living

Question 18

Samuel Wesley

Answer 18

Sent to dissenting academies by his mother

Converted to Church of England

Oxford educated intellectual/poet

Athenian Society

Strained relationships in parish - spent much of his time in London w/SPCK and started a society in Epworth

Question 19

Thomas a Kempis

Answer 19

The Christian Pattern (Imitation of Christ)

Another author who was influentional for JW

Question 20

Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf

Answer 20

Founder of Moravian Brethren

Strongly influenced JW

Question 21

Barthaolomew Westly

Answer 21

JW’s great-grandfather

Priest w/ Puritan sympathies

Ejected from parish in 1662

Question 22

John Wesltey

Answer 22

JW’s grandfather

MA from Oxford

Storng dissenter

Ejected from parish

Jailed for continuing to preach

Question 23

John Fletcher

Answer 23

Agreed with JW’s opposition to Calvinsim

Lost Presidency of Trevvica because of his views

Wrote: Checks to Antimomianism