THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION Flashcards
Who where three guys who helped to translate the Bible?
Johann Reuchlin, Philipp Melanchthon, and William Tyndale.
In wich countries did the Northern Renaissence began?
In Germany, France, The Netherlands, and England.
Who was Johann Reuchlin?
one of the foremost scholars of the Northern Renaissance in Germany.
Who was Philipp Melanchthon?
Another important German Scholar, reuchlin’s great nephew.
Who was William Tyndale?
Important figure influenced by John Colet who produced the first printed English translation of the NT from the original Greek.
Who was Desiderius Erasmus?
The most famous figure of the Northern Renaissance.
Where did Erasmus taught?
In Germany, France, England, Italy, and Switzerland.
What was the protestant reformation?
Began in 1517, it a was a protest because of the corrupt practices of the Roman Church.
How are the followers of the Protestant ref. called?
Protestants
Who debated Luther in 1519?
Johann Eck
Name the three declarations of Luther.
- Neither the pope nor the church councils are infallibe.
- The Church of Rome is not supreme over other churches.
- The Bible is the supreme authority for Christians.
What did Luther discovered in the Bible?
- Justification by faith.
- The priesthood of all believers.
- The authority of the Bible as God’s Word.
- The right of each Christian to read the Bible for himself.
Name the fisrt Protestant University, the age in which was founded, and in what consisted.
The University of Witterberg, in 1530, and it consisted of a liberal arts college with graduate schools in teology, law, and medicine.
Who Luther married and how many children they had?
He married Katharina von Bora, in 1525. He had 6 children.
Who was John Calvin?
He was a man committed to the Protestant Faith.
