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Lessons 30 & 31
Quiz February 23, 2024
Term | Definition |
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denomination | a particular religious group within a larger faith. For example, Lutheranism is one denomination within Christianity. |
indulgence | a grant by the Catholic Church that released a person from punishment for sins |
Martin Luther | A German priest who broke away from the Catholic Church to start his own religion, Lutheranism. His posting of the Ninety-Five Theses started the Reformation. |
Protestant | A Christian who separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation; today, any member of a Christian Church founded on the principles of the Reformation. |
Reformation | a religious reform movement from the early 1500s to the 1600s that led to the formation of new Christian groups |
simony | the selling and buying of positions in the Catholic Church |
absolute monarchy | a monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited |
Anglicanism | a Protestant denomination of Christian faith founded by Henry VIII of England |
Calvinism | A Protestant denomination of Christian faith founded by John Calvin |
Counter-Reformation | A movement of the Catholic church, in reaction to the Reformation, in which Catholic leaders worked to correct abuses, to clarify and defend Catholic teachings, to condemn what they saw as Protestant errors, and to win back members. |
Lutheranism | a Protestant denomination of Christian faith founded by Martin Luther |
nationalism | The identification with, and devotion to, the interests of ones' nation |
Puritans | English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church of Catholic elements |
theocracy | A government or state in which God is the supreme ruler, and religious officials govern in God's name |