Important Reformers
In an attempt to challenge the church's teachings about indulgences, he posted 95 topics for debate (theses).
Martin Luther
"I would not exchange Kaetie for France...because God gave her to me and other women have even worse faults."
Martin Luther
When the Luther posted the 95 theses to the chapel door in Wittenberg.
October 31, 1517
A Roman Catholic teaching about an intermediate state of death where souls can be purged of sins and thereby ready to enter heaven.
Purgatory
Asked Pope Clement VII to revoke his vows to "that Spanish cow."
Henry VIII
Met with Martin Luther in Marburg to discuss their differing views on the communion elements in hopes of coming to an agreement.
Ulrich Zwingli
"It is far better that two or three burn now than to have thousands perish in Hell."
John Calvin
When the Geneva city council swallowed its pride and asked John Calvin to return and debate a Roman Catholic thinker.
1539
In Roman Catholic theology, it's a release from the temporal (earthly) penalties that a person must endure to demonstrate repentance from his/her sins.
Indulgences
Earned the title "Bloody Mary" after executing more than 300 Protestants for their faith.
Mary Tudor
Wrote the first systematic summary of Protestant theology, "Institutes of the Christian Religion."
John Calvin
"If God spares my life, I will cause the plow-boy to know more abut Scripture than you do!"
William Tyndale
A radical sect of Anabaptists are massacred in Munster, Germany in what year?
1535
A way of explaining how Christ is truly present in the bread and wine of the Lord's Supper. The substance of the elements (which are invisible) becomes the blood and body of Jesus, while the visible things of the elements (shape, taste, color) remain unchanged.
Transubstantiation
Five statements that summarize the Reformation understanding of salvation.
Solas
Salvaged two important beliefs that had been marred after the Munster Massacre: 1) The church should baptize only believers. And, 2) no government should enforce religious beliefs
Menno Simons
"We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace as I trust shall never be put out."
Bishop Hugh Latimer
In what year did a printer in Worms, Germany publish 6,000 copies of Tyndale's New Testament.
1526
Came to the conclusion that the New Testament never commanded infant baptism and began to openly criticize it's teaching/practice.
Felix and his "Swiss Brothers"
Mennonites, Quakers and the Amish have their roots in this movement.
Anabaptists
An English Bible translator whose Bible formed the basis for the King James Version.
William Tyndale
"The Anabaptist minister's only payments are fire, sword and death."
Menno Simons
After 5 months in a dungeon, Felix Manz escaped from prison. When would he be recaptured and sentenced to death.
October 1526
The belief that after the prayer of consecration during communion, the body and blood of Christ coexist with the Lord's Supper elements.
Consubstantiation
Religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola. Is one of the largest religious orders of the Catholic Church today. Known for their missionary work, social justice and colleges and universities.
Jesuit Order