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This man was the figure head for the Protestant Reformation. He is most famous for nailing his 95 theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg.
Who was Martin Luther?
This document was nailed to the Castle Church in Wittenberg in late 1517. It is considered the document that started the Protestant Reformation.
What are the 95 Theses?
This doctrine, typically given in its Latin form, teaches that Scripture is the sole infallible authority for Christian doctrine.
What is Sola Scriptura?
At this event in 1521, Luther stood before Emperor Charles V and refused to recant for his revolutionary teachings.
What was the Diet of Worms?
This man took over for Luther after his death. He was known as being a much more peaceful spirit.
Who was Philip Melanchthon?
This man introduced the Reformation to Switzerland, which found success after the publication of his 67 Theses. He is most famous for his biblical preaching and memorialist theology of the Eucharist.
Who was Ulrich Zwingli?
This papal bull was written in 1302 by Boniface VIII. It is perhaps the highest statement of papal authority in the history of the Catholic Church.
What is Unam Sanctam?
This doctrine, typically given in its Latin form, teaches that only faith is necessary for our justification.
What is Sola Fide?
What is the Leipzig Disputation?
Martin Luther joined this monastic order in 1505.
What is the Augustinian order?
He was an Oxford theologian who got into trouble with the church through his opposition to transubstantiontion and church wealth. He is most famous for producing the first English translation of the Bible.
Who was John Wycliffe?
What is Unigenitus?
This Roman Catholic doctrine refers to the essential change that occurs in the Eucharistic elements during the Mass.
What is Transubstantiation?
What was the Sausage Affair?
She was a nun, but later married Martin Luther.
Who was Katarina von Bora?
This Czech theologian studied and taught at the University of Prague. He was executed at the Council of Constance for his denigration of papal authority. His followers were famous for their part in the utraquist controversy.
Who was Jan Has?
What is Salvator Noster?
This doctrine, expounded by Martin Luther, abolished the traditional distinction between clergy and laypeople, teaching that each believer can minister to one another through the Word.
What is the Priesthood of all Believers?
This debate between Luther and Thomas Cajetan concerned Luther's denial of the Catholic doctrines set forth in Unigenitus.
What was the Augsburg Disputation?
This man was Luther's spiritual father at the Erfurt Monastery.
Who was Johann von Staupitz?
This man was Luther's senior colleague at the University of Wittenberg and his co-debater at the Leipzig Disputation. He unsuccessfully took the reins of the Wittenberg Reformation while Luther was in the Wartburg Castle in 1522.
Who was Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt?
This document officially excommunicated Martin Luther as a heretic.
What is Decet Romanum?
This doctrine, formulated by Martin Luther in his On the Freedom of the Christian Man, relies on the analogy of Christ and the Church as a Bride and Groom, and teaches that all that is ours becomes Christ's, and all that is Christ's becomes ours.
What is the happy exchange?
At this meeting in 1415, photo-Reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake despite receiving assurance of safe passage.
What was the Council of Constance?
In this town, Luther was born and buried.
What is Eisleben, Germany?