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
where Luther made his famous stand before the might of the Holy Roman Empire
Diet of Worms
Nickname of the type of reform supported by Luther and other mainstream Protestants in which reformation was only to proceed at the behest of the ruling political authorities
Magisterial
Infamous hawker of indulgences that sparked Luther to pen his well-known “95 Theses”
Tetzel
Lutheran view of the eucharist in which at the priest’s blessing a spiritual presence is added to the elements (the bread and wine)
Consubstantiation
“Erasmus laid the _____ that Luther hatched”
“Egg”
Her rule in England lasted a mere 9 days
Lady Jane Grey
A former nun and wife of Martin Luther
Katherine von Bora
His movable metal type might have been the agent of change in early modern Europe
Gutenberg
The idea that the RCC ought be ruled by a representative council instead of the church; its key advocate was the late medieval theorist Marsiglio of Padua
Conciliarism
Adherence to a religious opinion contrary to official church dogma (teaching)
Heresy
He admitted on his deathbed that the most significant mistake of his life was letting Luther leave the Diet of worms
Charles V
Historic meeting in 1529 between Zwinglian and Lutheran forces that was a significant early sign of what would become a fractured Protestant movement
Marburg Colloquy
Parliamentarian law that would cost Thomas More his life
Treason act
An idea held by many Anabaptists that condemns all forms of violence and war
Pacifism
