Some Precursors to Luther's Reformation

Question 1

Gerhard Groote

Answer 1

The founder of the Brethren of the Common Life.

Question 2

The Brethren of the Common Life

Answer 2

A group of communities of lay people to promote piety (without being a monastery).

Question 3

Thomas A Kempis

Answer 3

Author of The Imitation of Christ.
(A member of the Brethren of the Common Life)

Question 4

Petrarch

Answer 4

Founder of Christian Humanism which included grammar, logic, rhetoric.

Question 5

Thomas More

Answer 5

Wrote a critique of European society in his book Utopia.

Question 6

Ad Fontes Scholarship

Answer 6

“Back to the fount” - People started reading the Bible in its original language, which lead to textual criticism.

Question 7

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Answer 7

A great Renaissance humanist, scholar and satirist:
1. First Modern Greek New Testament (1516)
2. Wrote satires criticizing the Roman Catholic Church
3. Wanted reform but not a Church split