Protestant Reformation
This is the name of the priest/monk who began the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This is the belief that Scripture is the only source of authority for the Christian Church.
What is Sola Scriptura?
This is the belief that we receive salvation through belief in Jesus Christ alone.
What is Sola Fide?
This is the work of restoring unity among all Christians by bringing them back into the Catholic Church, which alone offers the fullness of salvation.
What is ecumenism?
This is the date when the 95 Theses were posted publicly.
What is October 31, 1517?
What is 66?
This is a partial or complete (plenary) remission of the temporal punishment due to sins that have already been forgiven.
What is an indulgence?
This is an expression referring to the idea that prayer with non-Catholic Christians unites us in our worship of God.
What is spiritual ecumenism?
These are the two key factors that made the Protestant Reformation successful.
What are the printing press and political support?
These are the two remaining Sacraments in the Protestant churches after the Reformation.
What are Baptism and Communion?
This is the sin of selling religious offices or sacred objects.
What is simony?
This is the heresy that all religions share the same origin and the same end. Differences only emerge because of culture, language, or philosophical ideas.
What is syncretism?
This is the proclamation made by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V that excommunicated Martin Luther and banned his writings.
What is the Edict of Worms?
This is the Catholic belief that the bread and wine are turned into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in the Mass.
What is Transubstantiation?
This is the transformation of the sinner (all of us) from a state of unrighteousness to a state of righteousness through the Sacrament of Baptism.
What is Justification?
This is the biggest difference of belief between the Catholic Church and Christian denominations.
What is belief on the Eucharist?
This was a council called in 1512 to try to correct the abuses in the Catholic Church before the onset of the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Fifth Lateran Council?
These are the 7 books that Martin Luther removed from the Catholic Bible.
What are Tobit, Judith, Baruch, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees?
This is the agreement between the Catholic Church and Lutheran communities in 1999 in which they agree that their teachings on Justification are essentially the same.
What is the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification?
This is the document released by the Catholic Church in the Second Vatican Council that addressed the reality of ecumenism in the 20th century.
What is Unitatis Redintegratio?