Tom 129-133 Flashcards
What year did the Reformation officially begin?
1517
What was the first book to be printed off the Gutenberg Press?
The Bible
Which language translation of the Bible (by Wycliffe) was not printed by the Gutenberg Press?
English
What were the 3 effects of the Gutenberg Press?
- Public began to read more
- Ordinary Xns discovered no papacy, purgatory, or pilgrimages in the Bible
- Humanist ideas spread
As a result of the Byzantine Empire falling, what became the new center of Eastern Orthodoxy?
Russia
What did many Easterners do after Byzantine Empire fell?
Many Easterners fled to the West
What did the flood of escaping Easterners (from fallen Byzantine Empire) bring into the West?
Greek culture
Humanism concern for ancient art/literature
What group was known for their toleration, moderation, stability?
Humanists
What sources did the Humanists want to return to?
Scripture
What group sought reform through education and ethics.
Humanists
Who read the New Testament in Greek, condemned Vulgate, confirmed the Donation of Constantine a forgery, and discovered that the Apostles’ Creed wasn’t written by the apostles?
Lorenzo Valla
Who wrote ‘Julis Bard” as a satire where Pope Julis II was barred from Heaven?
Desidirius Erasmus
Who wrote the first Greek NT to be printed in the West?
Desidirius Erasmus
Who wrote “Handbook of the Christian Soldier” to teach “soldiers of Christ” how to train for practical/daily life in the midst of human affairs?
Desidirius Erasmus
When was the Reconquista completed?
1492
What did Ferdinand and Isabella do to Jews and Muslims they suspected of backsliding in their faith?
The were burned
Who burned the Spanish Bibles because they wanted them in Latin?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Which pope built the Sistine Chapel?
Sixtus IV
Who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel?
Julius II
Who was known as the most scandalous of the Renaissance popes?
Alexander VI
Who used Alexander VI as a model for unscrupulous despot (ends justify the means)?
Machiavelli
Who was the pope during the beginning of Luther’s reform?
Leo X
Who said to his brother “Since God has given us the papacy, let us enjoy it.” ?
Pope Leo X
