Terms / Qoutes / Ideas Flashcards
Ad fontes
Going back to the sources; Motto for many Humanists
Anfechtungen
Attacks of despair and doubt about pleasing God
Oratio/Meditatio/Tentatio
Prayer (for Holy Spirit to enlighten you - especially in reading scripture); Meditation (reading scripture outloud); temptation (the devil who attacks - response is to pray!)
Via Antiqua/Via Moderna
Aquinas rational thought versus Ockhamist nonscientific faith
Scintilla/Synteresis
Spark of the soul that reminds it of its eternal origin in God; inner inclination
Facientibus quod in se est, Deus non denegat gratiam
Gabriel Biel - “if you do what is in you, God will not deny grace”
Sola Fide
Faith Alone
Sola Gratia
Grace Alone
Sola Scriptura
Scripture Alone
Sola Christus
Christ Alone
Soli Deo Gloria
Glory to God alone
“Was Christum treibet”
“Whatever preaches Christ is apostolic”; preface to james to call it non-apostolic
Righteousness of God
Romans 1:17; “through which the righteous person lives by the gift of God… by faith”; “made known by the Gospel”; makes sinners righteous through faith
Ergo versus dennoch
Therefore; concluding remark versus Nevertheless; meaning the Ergo before was wrong
Penance
An assignment attached to absolution (usually prayers or other good works) that show contrition
Indulgence
Originally assigns a different good work for a specific penance; by Luther’s time it meant a piece of paper that promised remission of all penances that was purchased
Thesis 01 (of the 95)
When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ``Repent’’ (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.
Thesis 94 (of the 95)
Christians should be exhorted to be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, death and hell.
Thesis 95 (of the 95)
And thus be confident of entering into heaven through many tribulations rather than through the false security of peace (Acts 14:22).
Heidelberg Disputation Thesis 28
The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it. The love of man comes into being through that which is pleasing to it.
The Three Walls
Roman Catholic Belief; 1. Spiritual authority is higher than Secular Authority; 2. Only the Pope has the authority to interpret scripture; 3. Only the Pope can summon a council
Transubstantiation
Roman Catholic Belief; “the bread and wine of the Eucharist were transformed into the body and blood of Christ by the priest’s consecration”
“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.”
From On Christian Freedom; A true Christian relied on Christ alone for Salvation, rather than on human rules and laws (even those made by the Pope); Instead time and energy should be devoted to good works for their neighbors
Exsurge Domine
Papal Bull in the Summer of 1520 that threaten Martin Luther with excommunication
