Reformation Flashcards
In the year 1517, the Holy Roman Empire was…
the most disunited of the great monarchies.
Martin Luther became a…
monk, priest, and Bible professor.
By 1517 Luther…
was fearful that he could never do enough good deeds to deserve salvation.
Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith alone meant that
a person is saved by their faith in Jesus Christ, not by the good works they do.
Luther believed that good works done for others…
the natural outgrowth of justification and Christian devotion.
One reason why Luther gained great public support was…
printing presses published his writings and spread his ideas.
Luther’s confrontation with Charles V at the Diet of Worms…
concerned Luther’s refusal to recant what he had written.
Luther’s Ninety-five theses were about…
the sacrament of confession and penance.??? Answer key answer.
Indulgences… per ChatGPT
In Geneva Switzerland, Protestant reforms were imposed by…
the city council.
In contrast to Lutherans, Anabaptists…
believed that only adults should be baptized, not children.
John Calvin’s most famous theological work was entitled:
Institutes of the Christian Religion.
The Catholic church initially responded to Martin Luther’s criticisms by…
trying to suppress him and his writings.
At the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church…
reaffirmed almost all of the doctrines that Protestants criticized.
Ignatius Loyola’s most famous writing is his…
Spiritual Exercises.
The Peace of Augsburg was an agreement among princes of the Holy Roman Empire that…
the princes would choose the religion of their territory.
The developing European search for a western route to Asia was a consequence of…
Muslim control over the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Christopher Columbus discovered a world unknown to Europeans because he…
sought to reach Asia by sailing west from Spain.
The leader of the first European expedition to reach Asia by sailing west was…
Ferdinand Magellan.
