The Reformation Flashcards
Luther’s key beliefs
Salvation by faith alone
The bible is the only valid authority for Christian life
The church consists of a priesthood of all believers
All vocations have equal merit
German peasant’s war causes
Nobles seized village lands and imposed huge rents so much that peasants began attacking monasteries, castles and farms.
German peasant’s war consequences
Strengthened the authority of German nobility
Lutheranism became closely allied with the established political order controlled by the German nobility
Luther’s response to the German peasant’s war
For the peasants at first
flip-flopped
urged German nobility to crush the rebels
Luther and the role of Christian women
believed that Christian women should strive to be models of obedience and Christian charity
Spread of Lutheranism
Became dominant in northern and eastern Germany
South Germany, Austria, and Rhineland remained Roman Catholic
Peace of Augsburg
Ended a civil war between Catholics led by Charles V and Protestants led by Princes
Catholic king of France supported protestants to keep Germany divided
Did not provide the recognition of Calvinists
Calvinism
Predestination
The ideal government should be a theocracy in which church leaders dominate civil authority
Elect
The few people God chose to be saved from sin
Geneva
Wanted to be a model Christian community
Calvin came in and took the fun out while making very strict practices
Elizabeth I
1558-1603
Strove to find a middle course that moderate Catholics and moderate Protestants would accept
Anglican church
Church of England
Anabaptism
Rebaptizers
Opposed infant baptism
Complete separation of church and state
Condemned as radical
Reformation of Popes
Popes committed themselves to appointing reform-minded officials, enforcing strict moral standards, and creating new religious orders
Council of Trent
Rejected Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith only
Rejected Protestant belief in the supremacy of the Bible
Rejected there was just two sacraments
Indulgences no longer sold
Forbade Simony
Bishops live in dioceses they served
Simony
Sell of church offices
