U4 L7 The Reformation: Zwingli, Grebel, Calvin, And Knox Flashcards
What is Anglican?
Referring to the Church of England
What is theocracy?
- Government where God is the supreme civil ruler
- religious authorities are God’s representatives
Whose ideas paralleled Zwingli?
Martin Luther
Where did Zwingli preach?
Zurich, Switzerland
What were Zwingli’s beliefs and what did he support?
- comprehensive reform of church practices and beliefs
- religion without saints, fasting, and celibate preists
What religious issues did Luther and Zwingli have differences on?
L- ACTUAL PRESENCE of Christ in Holy Communion/Lord’s Supper
Z- Lord’s Supper SYMBOLIZED Christ’s presence
What type of government was Zurich persuaded to adopt?
Theocratic government
What led to Zwingli being killed?
Luther was negotiating with German Catholics while Zurich Protestants were converting Catholics
What did the Anabaptists believ?
- baptizing adults
- separation of church and state
Who were the Anabaptists led by?
Conrad Grebel
Where did the Anabaptists form groups in?
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
How were the Anabaptists and state different/seperated?
A-peace - S-war
A-Jesus forbade take oaths - S-taking oaths
Who were the Anabaptists persecuted by?
Catholics and Protestants
What branch of other groups came out of the Anabpatists?
- Hutterites
- Mennonites
- (indirectly) Baptists
Who was John Calivin?
- French Protestant
- brought logic and organization to Protestantism
What book did Calvin publish, and when?
- 1536
- Institutes of the Christian Religion
What were Calvin’s beliefs?
- faith was all-important
- Bible should be the only authority in religion
- denied hierarchy of Catholic Church
- simplified form of church service
- rejected idea of literal physical presence of Christ in Lord’s Supper
- God chose certain individuals to be saved before creation
- church should be led by elders
What did Calvin teach?
- doctrine of election
- people should lead Christlike life to unite with Christ
What is the Calvinistic form of church government said to be?
Presbyterian
presbuteros, Greek meaning elder
What did Calvinism encourage?
government led by representatives of the people
Where was Calvin head of a thoecracy?
Geneva
What did Calvin prohibit?
- dancing
- gambling
- wearing colorful clothes
- ornamental apparel
Under Calvin’s leadership, what did Geneva become?
- place for Protestants escaping persecution
- 6000 Protestants from England, France, Italy, Scotland and Spain
EFISS
What happened to Protestants who did not believe in Calvinism? Who is an example of this?
- sent out of country or punished
- Michael Servetus, denied Jesus’ Divinity and existence of Holy Spirit
- He was burned at stake
