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The English Reformation and 17th Century Denominations Flashcards

1
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What did the Protestant Reformation stimulate from within the Catholic Church?

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stimulated reform

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What did “The Counter Reformation” focus on?

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spirituality (including mysticism) and redefinition of religious order.

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Who was Ignatius Loyola?

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An important figure in the Counter-Reformation. He was a former knight and hermit, who later formed the Society of Jesus (Jesuit).

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Who were the Jesuits?

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The Jesuits were active in creating schools and missionaries, as well as promoting the Church hierarchy. They became the spearhead of the missionary forces that spread Christianity to Asia and the Americas.

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The Council of Trent met for___sessions, taking place from 1545-1563.

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25

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What laid a solid foundation for renewal of both the discipline and the spiritual life of the Church.

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The council of Trent

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What types of issues were addressed during the Council of Trent?

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It addressed issues such as corruption in th administration of the Church, but it also reaffirmed principles and doctrines that it defined to be the protestant heresies.

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Describe the role of Protestants in the Council of Trent.

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The Council of Trent did invite Protestant representatives, but denied them the right to vote.

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What marked the beginning of early modern Roman Catholic practice?

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The Council of Trent

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Who voiced the reformed idea in England long before Luther?

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John Wycliffe

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What did John Wycliffe voice?

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He voiced the use of vernacular language in both scripture and worship.

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Politically, when was the English Reformation initiated?

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When the ruler of England, King Henry VIII, gradually assumed dual authority, as the head of the state and the head of the church, undermining the authority of the Bishop of Rome.

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When did the Church of England adhere to the Protestant faith?

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During the reign of Henry’s son, Edward VI

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When did the Church of England reunite with Rome?

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When Mary I came to power

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When did the tension between the Roman Catholic and Protestant theology stabilize? What resulted?

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The tension was stabilized during the reign of Elizabeth I, the church of England returned to the Protestant faith. Elizabeth claimed to be the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Religion in this case was established as the official religion of the state, fully supported by the state.

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True or False: No independence groups were allowed to exist alongside of the official state religion after Elizabeth I claimed to be the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

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True

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What is a compromise between Roman Catholic and Protestant theology?

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The Anglican Church

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What did the Puritans argue?

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Some Protestant groups argued that Elizabeth I did fully reform the Church of England. This group was called the Puritans.

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What did the Puritans seek purification through?

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Sought purification of the church along Calvinist line.

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True or False: The Puritan idea that the state should be subject to the Church contradicted the English monarch policy that the church was subject to the state.

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True

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What did the Puritans condemn?

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They condemned all forms of church ornamentation, the elaborate robes worn by clergy, the use of organ pic, and the gesture of cross.

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___principle: every individual was redesigned by God for either salvation or damnation.

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Calvinist

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True or False: Despite minority, they held considerable economic and political power.

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True

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Which group maintained idealisms that separated the Church and the state, meaning that the church should not be subject to the state.

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the Puritans

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True or False: The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) were also at odds with the established Church of England.

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True

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Why did the Quakers emerge?

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The Quakers emerged as a response to radicalism following the English civil war.

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Who led the Quakers?

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George Fox

28
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Which group developed a pacifist approach to life as Christians

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the Quakers

29
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What did the Quakers reject?

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Rejected non-essential trappings in Christianity; clergy, ceremonial rites, church-buildings, and special holy days.

30
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What did the Quakers refuse?

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They refused to pay tithes to support the church, to take oath, and to serve in the military.

31
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What led to the Quakers having good economic standing?

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their good relationships with businessmen

32
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Are the Quakers a denomination or a movement?

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movement

33
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What did Quakers believe about the union with God?

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Was meaningful only in so far as it furthered the goal of service to others.

34
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Which prominent Quaker founded the Province of Pennsylvania, and the City of Philadelphia around the time of the 17th century immigration of Quakers to North America?

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William Penn

35
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Many Quakers considered themselves to be a Christian___, but did not feel that their religious faith fit within the categories of Catholic or Protestant.

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movement

36
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Where do Congregational churches trace they roots to?

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The “separatist” or “independent” clergy in the time of Elizabeth I.

37
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True or False: There is little to distinguish the Congregationalism from Presbyterian Calvinism.

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True

38
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What did Congregationalists promote?

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They promoted a form of church governance that is based on local congregation.

39
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Describe the congregation?

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independent and self-supporting, governed by its own members

40
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What do congregationalists reject? Why?

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  • They rejected the idea of the elders and accord of each individual to manage their theological affairs
  • For them, the only higher power is God
41
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What is the main difference between eh Congregationalists and the Presbyterians?

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Main difference is that the Congregationalists refused to recognize the authority of the elders. Only God is the highest power above us. Presbyterians kept the power of the elders in running church affairs.

42
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Which group settled and long dominated New England, especially Massachusetts and Connecticut?

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Congregationalists

43
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Which groups education visions led to the creation of major colleagues in the region (universities), including Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Williams, Bowdoin, Middleburg, and Amherst

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Congregationalists

44
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What is the legacy of the Congregationalist group?

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the universities

45
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Where can Baptist churches trace their history to?

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The English Separatist movement in the century after the rise of the Protestant denominations.

46
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When have Baptist faith and practice existed since?

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Baptist faith and practice have existed since the time of Christ and already existed prior to the Reformation.

47
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What is a similar belief between Baptists and Anabaptists?

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Like the Anabaptists, they believed that people should choose their religion rather than be born into it.

48
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What do Baptists hold about church or ecclesiastical organizations and their authority?

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Baptists hold that no church or ecclesiastical organization has inherent authority over a Baptist church. They call for freedom from governmental control.

49
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What is faith a matter between, according to Baptists?

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between God and the individual (freedom)

50
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True or False: According to the Baptists, individuals have an absolute liberty of conscience.

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True

51
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Why is there no official set of Baptist theological beliefs?

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Because there is no hierarchical authority and each Baptist church is autonomous

52
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What did Baptists believe about slaves?

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Some Baptists owned slaves and believed that slavery was a human institution.

53
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What is Pietism?

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Is not a denomination, but a movement within Lutheran and Calvinist churches in the Netherlands in the late 17th century.

54
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What does Pietism focus on?

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Dissatisfied with the doctrinal and institutional rigidity, the movement focused on individual piety and living a vigorous Christian life.

55
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Which group sought a spontaneous renewal of faith accompanied by feeling for certainty of divine forgiveness and acceptance.

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Pietism

56
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True or False: State authorities were suspicious of the pietistic doctrine that often was viewed as a social danger.

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True

57
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How is Pietism like a separatist movement?

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Because it argued that the state was corrupted.

58
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Who all advocated for changes to worship forms which reduce mediation by clergy and give people more direct access to God?

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Protestant reformers such as Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin

59
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What is a common emphasis in each of the denominational tradition that grew from the Reformation development of its own liturgical form?

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all emphasize the use of the vernacular, not the Latin

60
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True or False: No new forms of music were designed for full congregation participation.

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False

61
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What shared both the bread and wine in the Lutheran and Anglican trasiditoh?

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the clergy and congregations

62
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How were worship spaces reconfigured with the Protestant reformation?

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Worship spaces were reconfigured, putting clergy and people together in less hierarchical arrangement for full participation.

63
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What does Christian liturgy understood to reflect?

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the particular culture in which it developed

64
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As cultures evolve overtime, so do their___.

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liturgies

65
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True or False: As new communities adopt Christianity, they adapt the liturgy they have been given to reflect their own culture.

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True

66
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What are the following examples of:

  • Anglican church in New Zealand developed a prayer book that contains worship service in English, Polynesian and Maori
  • In Canada, Indigenous Anglicans in various parts have developed services in their own languages, incorporating traditional musical forms and language.
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As new communities adopt Christianity, they adapt the liturgy they have been given to reflect their own culture.

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