Test 2 Flashcards
Where did Martin Luther live?
Germany
What did Martin Luther do?
- Led reformation
* Posts 95 thesis on the chapel door of the University challenging the Catholic Church, against indulgences
What were Martin Luther’s significant life situations?
- Parents of peasant lineage, father successful as miner.
* Became monk after making a promise to St. Anne in a thunder storm.
What church(es) did Martin Luther start?
Lutheran Church
What were Martin Luther’s significant accomplishments?
Father of the reformation
Where did John Calvin live?
Geneva, Switzerland
What did John Calvin do?
Calvin’s government also punished “impiety” and dissent against his particularly spare vision of Christianity with execution.
What were John Calvin’s significant life situations?
- Used Protestant principles to establish a religious government;
- and in 1555, he was given absolute supremacy as leader in Geneva.
What church(es) did John Calvin start?
- (Calvinism)
- Presbyterianism in Scotland
- Puritan Movement in England,
- Reformed Church in the Netherlands
What were John Calvin’s significant accomplishments?
Published the landmark text Institutes of the Christian Religion, an early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestantism. (TULIP)
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 Tyndale’s significant accomplishments?
He received his Master’s Degree in 1515 at the age of twenty-one!
Even death, what is significant about William Tyndale (like a martyr’s death)?
Imprisoned for 500 days then strangled and burned at the stake at Vilvoorden, Belgium, Oct. 6, 1536- death ordered by English ecclesiastics and King Henry VIII. Betrayed by friend Philips.
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 at Basle and Vienna and served as a parish priest in Glarus, Switzerland.
What church(es) 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