The Sola System
This is a Latin word that means “alone.”
What is sola?
From our CC history sentence, Tell me about the Reformation?
In 1517 Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation, by printing the 95 theses that made Pope Leo X excommunicate him. Later John Calvin joined the Reformation and that is how it all began.
What is the city of Worms?
This person wrote the Institute of the Christian Religion in 1536 which argues many points of the Reformation, including justification by faith alone.
Who is John Calvin?
This plague drastically altered European society and contributed to disillusionment with the Church.
What is Black Death?
This phrase sums up for whose praise and credit our salvation is for?
What is soli Deo gloria, "to the glory of God alone?"
This invention created around 1440 helped spread Reformation ideas rapidly across Europe.
What is Gutenberg's Printing Press?
The Diet of Worms took place in this modern-day country.
What is Germany?
This former nun became Martin Luther’s wife and is known as the “mother” of the Reformation household.
Who is Katharina von Bora?
In his famous hymn, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Martin Luther likens God to this defensive structure that gives strong support.
What is a bulwark?
Instead of relying on the traditions of man or any other written work, we rely solely on this inspired source of divine revelation.
What is sola Scriptura - “scripture alone”
In the Catholic Church, God's truth was put out of reach from the common people because mass was held in this language.
What is Latin?
Almost 200 years after the start of the Reformation, John Bunyan wrote the famous "Pilgrim's Progress" while in prison for preaching the Gospel. In his story, the main character Christian, travels on a perilous journey all the way to this final destination.
Where is Celestial city ?
This outlaw wanted people to have the truth and translated the Bible into English at a time when that was illegal. He was taken to the stake, where he died as a martyr.
Who is William Tyndale?
Luther’s hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” is based on this Psalm.
What is Psalm 46?
The Catholic Church venerated and appealed to saints like Mary and Ann and a myriad of other saints, which is in complete opposition to what the Bible preaches and against this sola.
Solus Christus “Christ alone”
The 16th century was the century of the Reformation. This named period was characterized by great scientific and artistic advancement. Some famous people of this time period were Michelangelo, Copernicus, and Shakespeare.
What is the Renaissance?
John Calvin fled persecution in France and settled permanently in this Swiss city, which later became the center of the Reformation.
What is Geneva?
This group of persecuted Christians from France were martyred for their faith.
This reformer recanted and then recanted his recantation.
Under pressure from Catholic authorities, he signed documents renouncing his Protestant faith, but later recanted these recantations at his public execution. He is famously said to have thrust the hand that signed the recantation into the fire first.
Who was Thomas Cranmer
This passage in Paul's letter to the Ephesians combines these two solas, sola gratia “saved by grace alone” and sola fide “through faith alone”
What is Ephesians 2:8-9, which says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” ?
Originally meant for soldiers on campaign who couldn't performance penance, this purchasable item from the Catholic church allowed one to reduce their time in purgatory, and stoked the ire of Reformers who did not see it anywhere in the Bible.
What are indulgences?
In France, this group of protestants experienced persecution during the Reformation.
Who are Huguenots?
Nicknamed the “Morning Star of the Reformation,” he translated the Bible into English in the 1300s.
Who is John Wycliffe?
This widespread system of political organization, common in the Middle Ages, created strong local rulers like knights who were in charge or a region.
What is feudalism?