Test 2 Flashcards
Where did Martin Luther live?
Germany
What did Martin Luther do?
Led reformation, posted 95 thesis on the chapel door of the university challenging the catholic church against indulgences
What were Martin Luthers significant life situations?
Parents of peasant lineage, father successful miner. Became a monk after making a promise to St Anne in a thunder storm.
What church did Martin Luther start?
Lutheran
What was Martin Luthers significant accomplishment?
Beginning the reformation
Where did John Calvin live?
Geneva, Switzerland
What did John Calvin do?
Punished “impiety” and dissent against his particularly spare vision of Christianity with execution.
What were Johns Calvins significant life situations?
Used protestant principles to establish a religious government; and in 1555 he was given absolute supremacy as leader in Geneva.
What churches did John Calvin start?
Calvinism, Presbyterian in Scotland, Puritan Movement in England, Reformed Church in the Netherlands
What were John Calvins significant accomplishments?
Published the landmark text ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion, and early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestantism.
Where did William Tyndale live?
England
What did William Tyndale do?
Translated the Bible, thought to heretical by Catholics and Church of England.
What were William Tyndales significant life situations?
Went to school at Oxford, and afterward to Magdalen Hall and Cambridge.
What were William Tyndales significant accomplishments?
He received his Master’s Degree in 1515 at the age of 22.
How did William Tyndale die?
He was imprisoned for 500 days then strangled and burned at the stake Vilvoorden, Belgium, Oct 6, 1536
Where did Zwingli live?
Switzerland
What did Zwingli do?
Attempted to control moral behavior and strict supervision became common in Zurich.
What were Zwingli’s significant life situations?
Attended universities as Basle and Vienna and served as a parish priest in Glarus, Switzerland.
What church did Zwingli start?
Anabaptists
What were Zwingli’s significant accomplishments?
Zwingli’s 67 Articles were adopted by Zurich as the city’s official doctrine and the city experienced rapid reform
How did Zwingli die?
Killed at the Battle of Keppel in October 1531
What are indulgences?
selling pardons for sins for the dead and living