Reformations KT (31-59) Flashcards
Nickname of Henry VII’s problem in not being able to produce a male heir, which sparked the English split from the RCC
The King’s Great Matter
This “pre-reformer”’s followers were called the Lollards and advocated many ideas similar to Luther
Wycliffe
Lutheran doctrine that encapsulates the idea that individuals themselves - and not with the aid of the clergy - can directly access God through simple prayers and the reading of the Bible
Priesthood of all believers
Holding more than one position in the RCC
Pluralism
The type of church government (organization) favored by Calvin and his followers in which the local congregation would choose the governing officials; viewed as an early form of representative government
Presbyterian
It made Luther an outlaw in the Holy Roman Empire
Edict of Worms
Established by Geneva’s city constitution, the “Ecclesiastical Ordinances”, it oversaw the moral discipline of Genevans
Consistory
Luther’s harsh denunciation of this revolt demonstrated the limitations of the scope of his reform program
Peasants’ Revolt
Famous German sociologist who sought to explain the origins of capitalism by examining the behavior of Puritans and their well-known “work ethic”
Weber
typically a result of pluralism in that those individuals charged with specific responsibilities were not around to complete them because they had multiple church positions
Absenteeism
A central teaching of Calvin (which he thought the Bible taught) and others that God has determined both the elect and the reprobate
Predestination (“eternal decree”)
The radicals of the Reformation; they tended to advocate adult baptism, religious toleration, and the separation of church and state
Anabaptists
Revived in Rome during the Catholic Reformation to ferret out heresy
Inquisition
Founder of the Society of Jesuits and author of its rulebook, “The Spiritual Exercises”
Ignatius of Loyola
selling positions in the church to the highest bidder
Simony