The Protestant Reformation Flashcards
Who produced the first printed English translation of the New Testament from the original Greek?
William Tyndall
The most famous figure of the Northern Renaissance.
Desiderius Erasmus
What year did Erasmus publish the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?
1516
Which passage helped Luther understand salvation?
Romans 1:16-17
Papal certificates that excused a person from doing penance and shortened the required purgatory before going to Heaven.
Indulgences
The date for the Ninety-five Theses.
October 31, 1517
Followers of Luther’s movement
Protestants
An assembly of princes and high church officials in the Holy Roman Empire
Diet
Who did Luther debate at Leipzig?
Johann Eck
Who agreed that Luther should come to the Diet of Worms
Charles V
Which edict declared Luther a heretic and an outlaw?
Edict of Worms
Where did Luther hide and disguise himself?
Wartburg Castle
The prince/elector who protected Luther.
Frederick the Wise
The education to all people rather than just a privileged few.
Popular education
What distinguishes the Modern Age from all previous eras
The emphasis on popular education
Luther’s hymn that still stands today
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Who did Luther marry
Katharina von Bora
Luther’s followers
Lutherans
The land of snow capped mountains to the south of Germany
Switzerland
The name for Switzerland’s thirteen provinces
Cantons
What were the cantons united as
Swiss Confederation
The priest who led the spread of Reformation from Zurich to Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli
Which city did John Calvin write, preach, teach, and influence in
Geneva
The single most influential book of the Protestant Reformation apart from the Bible
The Institutes of the Christian Religion
