Protestant Reformation Flashcards
Whose followers were called Lollards?
John Wycliffe
Whose followers were called Calvinist?
John Calvin
Whose followers were called Mennonites?
Menno Simmons?
Whose followers were called Lutherans?
Martin Luther
Who was called the “morning star of the reformation”? And why?
John Wycliffe. He’s the earliest reformer.
Produced the first printed English translation New Testament
William Tyndale
Started the Scottish reformation
John Knox
“People’s Priest” of Zurich
Urich zwingli
Wrote “The Institutes of the Christian Religion”
John Calvin
Why was this book important
Handbook for reformers
Founded the “Brethren of the Common Life”
Gerard groote
Printed the first edition of the New Testament in original Greek
Desiderius Erasmus
Why was it important to have the Bible in its original Greek
So it would make sense
Bohemian reformer was head of the university of Prague
John Huss
What city was called Protestant Rome?
Geneva
What is an anabaptist
Believed you should be baptized again
What is an indulgence
Get out of purgatory card
How did the English reformation begin?
Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife.
What is the counter reformation
The Catholics wanted to end the reformation
Who founded the Jesuits
Ignatius de Loyola
What role did ignatius Loyola play in the counter reformation
Persuaded millions to convert to Catholicism
What year did Martin Luther nail the 95 theses
1517
Where did he nail the 95 thesis
Wittenberg castle
Who was the pope at the time of Luther
Leo X
