Reformation Flashcards
What was the latin translation of the bible called
Valugate
Who is Erasmus
A Dutch scholar who attacked the short comings of the priest
Among those who called for the reform in the church, who was the most active
A German monk, Martin Luther (1485-1546)
What was Martin Luther agenda
He held that people should be able to read the bible for themselves in their own native language and that the church ought to only be a guide
How many reasons contributed to the religious upheaval in the 16th century that led to the protestant reformation
3
One of the three reasons for the protestant reformation
First was amongst the simple people or labouring group.
There was an endemic re satisfaction with all the Grand apparatus of the church and oppressive ruling class. They formed expression in the Great peasant rebellion in Germany in the 1520s. The sect which emerged as the ANABAPTIST.
Some descendants of the Anabaptist group
Mother baptist, Mennonite, and Moravian brothers are all amongst their descendants
Second reason for the protestant reformation
Forming a group generally more educated and with broader view of the world were the middle classes of the various European cities. They believed the church hierarchy was to embedded in the feudal, baronial and monarchial system.
Which group formed a majority in the Calvinist origin
The middle class sect
NOTE
Northern Europe became protestant while the South became catholic
When was the religious frontier generally accepted
Until after the “thirty years war”
Who was the first to successfully defile the older church authority
Martin Luther
Who developed the “doctrine of justification by faith alone”
Martin Luther
What defined the “doctrine”
This held that what ‘justified’a man is not what the church knew as worth ( prayers, alms, sacrament, holy living) but by Faith alone
Who is yudah
A professor at Wittenberg who came out of seclusion in 1517 in protest against the frair named TETZEL who was travelling through Germany distributing insurgency.
How many thesis of the Catholic church did yudah post
95 thesis of the Catholic church at Wittenberg in which he revealed the Catholic sacrament of penance
Who did Luther approach first concerning their abuses of insurgency in Germany
Pope Leo x ( the tenth)
What year did Luther rally an open opinion in a series of tract setting forth his main beliefs
1519 and 1520
What was excommunication
It was issued by a Pope for the person to be killed
Who took Luther under their protection
Electors of Saxony and other North German places
Third factor of the protestant reformation
John Calvin- a french man who was trained as a priest and as a lawyer. At age 24, he joined forces with the religious revolutionalist.
What age did John Calvin join forces with the religious revolutionalist
24
When did John Calvin publish his ‘institue of the Christian religion’
1513
