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KMC CH 13 Reform
KMC CH 13 Reformation
Question | Answer |
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Four abuses in the sixteenth century church | Simony, nepotism, abuse of indulgences, and improper veneration of relics |
Abuse which resulted in the "Ninety-five Theses" | Sale of indulgences |
"Ninety-five theses" | Document which Martin Luther nailed to the door of the Cathedral of Wittenberg on October 31, 1517 |
Cajetan | Dominican Cardinal,legate of Pope Leo X, who demanded that Luther admit his writings were wrong |
Diet of Worms | Assembly called by Emperor Charles V in 1521 in order to secure a retraction from Luther and settle revolts throughout his realm |
Text which Luther translated during his time in hiding | New Testament |
Wartburg Castle | Where Duke Frederick of Saxony protected Luther for one year, and where Luther translated the NT to German and wrote the 3 pamphlets which would become the cornerstone of Protestantism |
Luther said man is justified by __________. | Faith alone |
Four theological principles Luther developed from his "justification" principle | sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, solo Christo |
Two sacraments which Luther retained | Baptism and Eucharist |
Consubstantiation | Luther's belief that Christ is present in the Eucharist, as heat is present in a red-hot iron |
German word Luther inserted in Romans 1:17 | allein (alone); "He who through faith (alone) is righteous shall live." |
Book of the NT which Luther especially rejected | James, because James says that "...a man is justified by works and NOT by faith alone." (This contradicts the very basis of Luther's theology.) |
Why the German princes supported Luther | They perceived Luther's theology as a way to free themselves from the domination of the pope and the Catholic emperor, and as a way to enrich themselves with expropriated Church lands. |
Albert of Brandenburg | Head of the Teutonic Knights, he used the Luthern cause to disband the order, marry, and declare himself Duke of Prussia |
How Luther justified his support of Philip of Hesse's bigamous marriage | "What harm would there be, if a man to accomplish better things and for the sake of the Christian Church, does tell a good thumping lie." |
Luther's response to Peasant Rebellion | He told the German princes to "Strike, slay front and rear; nothing is more devilish than sedition. There must be no sleep, no patience, no mercy; they are the children of the devil." |
Result of Peasant Rebellion | 100,000 men, women and children were killed; hundreds of villages were burned and crops destroyed |
Augsburg Confession | List of Protestant principles presented at the Diet of Augsburg in the hopes of a Lutheran-Catholic compromise; the AC continues to be an important declaration of the tenets of the Lutheran faith |
Peace of Augsburg | Document which establishes the principle of "cuius regio, huius religio" (whose the region, his the religion), ie, the prince decides the religion of everyone in his realm |
Describe Luther at the end of his life | Irascible, crude, vicious, anti-semitic |
John Calvin | Second major figure of the Protestant Revolt; wrote the "Institutes of the Christian Religion," and established a rigid theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland |
Ulrich Zwingli | Third major figure of Protestant Revolt and founder of the Reformation in Switzerland |
Henry VIII | Establishes himself as the head of the English Church in his quest to marry a woman who would provide him a male heir |
Catherine of Aragon | Spanish princess and first wife of Henry VIII; repudiated because she bore him no male heirs |
Thomas Cranmer | A secret Lutheran, he was named Archbishop of Canterbury by Henry VIII. He then nullified Henry's first marriage and presided over the king's illicit marriage to Anne Boleyn. |
Act of Supremacy | Act of Parliament which proclaimed King Henry VIII the supreme leader of the Church of England |
Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More | This bishop and this chancellor refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the Act of Supremacy and were beheaded |
Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries | Act which allowed the confiscation of monastic properties under Thomas Cromwell; these lands were then given over to those nobles who were loyal to Henry VIII |
Mary I | Daughter of Catherine of Aragon, she succeeded Edward VI to the throne of England and quickly restored the Church of England to the Catholic Church in Rome |
Elizabeth I | Daughter of Henry VIII, members of Parliament supported her succession to the throne in order to maintain their power and wealth. She issued the Thirty-Nine Articles which re-established England as a Protestant nation. |
Reasons why the reforming Council of Trent was delayed | 1) War between the major Christian kings, 2) Interference of secular rulers, 3)Protestant reformers who used their political and military influence to thwart a Catholic revival |
Council of Trent | Called by Paul III, this council was in session at irregular intervals for 18 years throughout 3 papacies, and provided a detailed response to all Protestant theological positions |
Pope St. Pius V | Spread the reforms of Trent throughout Christendom by living in a monastic cell as pope, and wrote In coena Domini in his attempt to ensure the independence of the Church against secular dominance |
Why Christians won the Battle of Lepanto | Because of the rosary, superiority in gun power and a sudden shift in the wind, the Christians defeated the larger Turkish fleet. |
St. Peter Canisius | "Second Apostle of Germany," he implemented the reforms of the Council of Trent and defended the Church against the spread of Protestantism in Germany |
St. Charles Borromeo | Archbishop of Milan, he implemented the reforms of Trent and founded the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in order to instruct the children of Milan |
St. Philip Neri | The "Reformer of Rome," he helped bring back a spirit of piety to the central city of Catholicism, and he founded the Oratarians. |
St. Teresa of Avila | Spanish mystic and Doctor of the Church, she founded the Discalced Carmelites and wrote treatises on the interior life: "The Way of Perfection," "Foundations" and "Life" |
Jesuits | Founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, this order helped to realize Tridentine reform. They take the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience to the pope himself. |
St. Ignatius of Loyala | Founder of the Society of Jesus, he also wrote the "Spiritual Exercises" |