Test Three Flashcards
Patrick Hamilton
- Studied at University of Paris where he became attracted the Luther’s Reformation
- Returned to spread Lutheran views in Scotland
- Tried for heresy, burned at stake
- Martyrdom contributed to advancement of Protestantism among nobility
George Wishart
- Banished from Scotland for promoting Protestantism
- Returned to preach Gospel: preached fiery sermons in vernacular and encouraged congregational singing
- Cardinal Beaton had him burned at the stake
- –In retaliation Protestants assassinated Beaton and occupied St. Andrew’s Castle
John Knox
- Traveled with Wishart as bodyguard, after Wishart’s death led movement
- Captured at St. Andrew’s Castle and made galley slave for 19 months, freed by Edward VI
- Went to England where he worked for Reformation, contributed to 1552 Book of Common Prayer
- Exiled during Bloody Mary’s reign…spent exile in Geneva
- Wrote Admonition to England, First Blast of Trumpet against Monstrous Regiment of Women
- 1559, returned to Scotland to lead Reformation
Mary, Queen of Scots
- Pro-France and Pro-RCC policies led to conflict with Scottish lords, abdication (1567) and regency by Protestant for her son James VI
- Fled to England and sought protection from Elizabeth. Imprisoned for 19 years and executed for 3 attempts to assassinate Elizabeth
Andrew Melville
- Led the Reformation after Knox’s death
- Full Presbyterian system installed with 2nd Book of Discipline
- Imprisoned by James (as King of England) in the Tower of London in 1606, released in 1610 and went to France
Scottish Confession
Calvinistic Doctrine document
Book of Discipline
Presbyterian polity – superintendents worked with clergy and ruling elders at local and regional levels
Book of Common Order
- Worship and liturgy
- Psalter from Geneva used for songs
Geneva Bible
- 1560
- Became preferred version
Catholic Counter-Reformation
- Defined and reaffirmed medieval Roman Catholicism over against Protestant positions
- Declared Vulgate authoritative
- Tradition equal to Scripture
- Defined 7 sacraments
- Communion not necessary for laity
- Justification based on good works done through collaboration of grace and believer
Virgin Mary
- Symbol of the church and embodies God’s people
- Channel or instrument through whom the Incarnation of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, occurs to overcome the Fall
Sacramental Sacerdotalism
- Stressed authority of the church
- Neo-Thomists (semi-Augustinian) and Jesuits (Semi-Pelagians) who emphasized works and obedience as a way of salvation
Index of Forbidden Books
Issued in 1559, books listed as heretical or banned by RCC
Teresa of Avila
- Founded Discalced (Barefoot) Carmelites
- Established after having several visions
- Is listed as “Doctor of the Church”
- Only woman to have established monastic orders for both men and women
- Joined by John of the Cross
Jesuits
- Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, former soldier wounded in battle
- Patterned after military
- Sought to revitalize and exalt the RCC’s teachings and worship and renew missionary efforts
- Emphasis on founding schools and training for recruits
- Documents: Spiritual exercises and Constitutions
Francis Xavier
Worked under Portuguese colonization in India, Japan, and China
Matthew Ricci
- Missionary to China
- Advocated fulfillment strategy (Jesus is fulfillment of local religion) and cultural adaptation as keys to Jesuit approach to ministry
Council of Trent
- Beginning of the modern RCC
- Linked uniformity with orthodoxy
- Centralized power in the papacy
- Goals: reform the church, clarify doctrine, restore unity
Results of Council of Trent
- Ordered bishops to live where they were assigned
- Condemned holding several ecclesiastic offices at the same time
- Defined clergy obligations
- Regulated use of relics and indulgences
- Ordered the founding of seminaries to train clergy