Early Church
This event in Acts 2 involves the Holy Spirit descending like tongues of fire.
Pentecost
This event in 1054 split the church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
Great Schism
He nailed the 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg.
Martin Luther
This group wanted to "purify" the Church of England from practices they felt were too Roman Catholic.
The Puritans
Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?
Polycarp
This Roman Emperor converted to Christianity and issued the Edict of Milan.
Constantine
The "Morningstar of the Reformation", he translated the Bible into English in the 1300's.
John Wycliffe
This French theologian wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion.
John Calvin
This 1534/35 event saw a group of Radical Anabaptists take over a German city. It was...weird.
The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure.
Martin Luther
Considered the greatest Christian thinker since Paul, he came to faith under the teaching of Ambrose of Milan.
Augustine
He was a Bohemian who was burned at the stake for his beliefs 100 years before Luther.
Jan Hus
Swiss reformer who disagreed with Luther about the last supper.
Zwingli
Name given to French protestants who suffered through decades of "Wars of Religion" before the Edict of Nantes.
Huguenots
Lord, open the King of England's eyes!
William Tyndale
This council was called to discuss the divinity of Jesus against the heresy of Arianism.
Council of Nicaea
This term refers to the "pay to play" for the forgiveness of sins that angered Luther.
Indulgences
Martin Luther's famous trial where he said "Here I stand, I can do no other."
Diet of Worms
Acronym used to summarize the five points of Calvinism.
TULIP
The human heart is a perpetual idol factory.
John Calvin
These were early church fathers who were taught directly by the Apostles.
Apostolic Fathers
Reformed theology is often summarized using this Latin word meaning "Alone".
Sola
Reformer who brought the "Kirk" (Presbyterian church) to Scotland.
John Knox
Belief that the Bible alone is the final authority for the church.
Sola Scriptura
One man with God is always in the majority.
John Knox