Terms

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Contrition

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Sorrow for sin

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Passive or alien righteousness

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Used by Martin Luther to explain that God is the one who justifies people, not good works.

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Absolution

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Forgiveness for the guilt associated with sin

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Works of satisfaction

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Prayers, fasting, pilgrimages, or works of piety assigned to a person in the sacrament of penance to remove the consequences of sin

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Treasury of merit

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A surplus of good works of the saints and of Christ. Pope could extract excess merits to distribute to sinner as form of indulgence

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Papal bull

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A formal document issued by the pope

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Transubtantiation

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A teaching about how the bread and wine of the Eucharist become the body and blood of Jesus Christ

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Diet

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A governmental assembly or meeting, such as the parliaments of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Edict of worms

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The statement issued by the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire that declared Martin Luther a heretic

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Iconoclasm

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Means “image breaking”. Comes from

The condemnation of idols in the bible.

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Protestant

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Members of the churches that trace their ultimate origin to the Reformation of the sixteenth century A.D.

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Augsburg confession

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A statement of faith drafted by Philip Melanchthon, used to resolved differences between Protestants and Catholics. Although it failed, Martin Luther signed it and it became very important Lutheran document.

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Catechism

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Meaning “to instruct, it was a manual of Christian doctrine used to instruct believers in the Christian faith.

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Ulrich Zwingli

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Swiss reformer and theologian, known especially for his emphasis on justification by grace alone.

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Marburg Colloquoy

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The debate between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli held in AD 1529.

Zwingli convinced Luther that reconciliation with the Catholic Church was not really possible

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John Calvin

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French reformer and theologian. Known for his doctrines of election and double predestination and for grappling with the problem of church authority after the Protestant rejection of the authority of Rome.

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Election

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The biblical idea, that Hod mysteriously choose to enter into special relationship with some people, and not with others.

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Double predestination

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Calvinist idea that God has already chosen some people for salvation and some for damnation. Demonstrated God’s sovereignty over human’s free will.

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Consistory

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The governing council organization based upon the style of the earliest Christian communities.

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Voluntarism principle

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The idea that becoming a Christian (member of the church) always requires an active decision, not because of where people live it because of their parents’ beliefs.

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Believer’s baptism

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A sign of the covenant with God, and active conscious belief on the part of the person being baptized.

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Restoration ism

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The idea that the way to reform and renew Christianity was to “restore” the church to the original structures, beliefs, and practices that prevailed during the time of Jesus and the apostles.

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King Henry VIII

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Led England through the Reformation. Broke with pope and the catholic and established the Church of England with himself at it’s head.

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William Tyndale

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An admirer of Martin Luther, he was the first to publish an English translation of major parts of the Bible.

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Thomas Cranmer

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Archbishop of Canterbury for most of the early years of the English reformation. Recognized for his contributions to the “Thirty-Nine Articles”, which set out specific similarities and difference between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church,

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John Wesley

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An English the otological and flee former, originally a member of the Church of England. He and his followers eventually broke away and created the Methodist Church

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Methodist Church

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A church that provided greater emphasis on personal spirituality, Bible Study, evangelistic preaching, and lively services.

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Oxford Movement

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A 19th century group of teachers who rallied against England’s interference in the workings of the Irish church. John Henry Newman was one of its leaders.

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John Henry Newman

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Leader of the Oxford movement. He later converted to Roman Catholicism and eventually was named a cardinal.

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Episcopal Church

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The American branch of the Anglican communion, meaning those churches that trace their roots to the Church of England and regard episcopacy as a biblically mandated ministry of the church.

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Strict separation

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The view that the US first amendment causes a separation between church and state.

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Secularism

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Belief that religion has no place in the public or political realm.

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Evangelical

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Having to do with the gospel or the bible.

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Denominationalism

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All the practices and organizational structures of the individual Christian churches, are understood to be denominations of the one true church, which is Christianity.

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Revivalism

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The idea of a Born-again being based on the experience of a personal conversion to Jesus Christ as one’s Lord and savior

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Pietism

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Centered around bible revivalism. Desired to fight against religious indifference and focus on sharing the experience of God in their lives.

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Methodism

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Same as Methodist church

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Great Awakening

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Religious renewal in the American colonies in the 1740s. Marked by powerful preaching and intense emotional experiences.

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Holiness movement

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A family of Protestant churches who seek perfection in the world by developing a lifestyle of personal holiness and following a rigid code of behavior.

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Pentecostalism

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Members who demonstrate their Christian faith through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as healing, wisdom, Speaking in tongues, etc.

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Glossolalia

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Greek term meaning “speaking in tongues”

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Postmillennialism

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Provided an optimistic view of the second coming of Jesus Christ.

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Premillennialism

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Negative pessimistic view on the second coming of Jesus Christ. Has been a powerful force in modern fundamentalism.

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Seventh-Day Adventists

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They observe Saturday as the proper day for worship and view a literal meaning of the bible as the only rule of faith.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses

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An American Christian church that has it’s origins by Charles Taze Russell. Focused on eschatology and on the imminent return of Christ in the eng time.

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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Aka Mormons. Founder Joseph smith. Claimed to have translated from golden plates reveal to him in 1827 by an angel named Moroni. Founded in 1830.

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Peace churches

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Descended from the Anabaptists of the Radical reformation, these churches practice believer’s baptism and live a simple at of life intended to set them apart from the larger secular society.

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Baptist Churches

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Hahaha

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Fundamentalist movement

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Hahaha WUT

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Dispensationalism

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A method for interpreting biblical prophecy: it divided the scriptural narrative of God’s dealings with humanity into seven stages called dispensations.