Key Reformers
This German monk started the Reformation by posting the 95 Theses in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
This document, nailed to a church door in 1517, listed Martin Luther’s complaints about the Catholic Church.
What are the 95 Theses?
This idea, supported by Martin Luther, means that people are saved by faith alone, not by good deeds.
What is "sola fide"?
The Reformation caused wars across Europe, including this war that began in 1618 and ended in 1648.
The most famous work of systematic theology of the Reformation, written by John Calvin.
What is The Institutes of the Christian Religion?
This Swiss leader was an important reformer in the city of Zurich.
Who is Huldrych Zwingli?
In 1521, Martin Luther refused to take back his writings at this meeting with the Holy Roman Emperor.
What is the Diet of Worms?
Martin Luther was especially angry about the Church selling these to reduce people’s punishment for sins.
What are indulgences?
This group in England wanted to reform the Church of England by removing all lingering Catholic practices.
Who are the Puritans?
This confession of faith, commissioned by the English parliament, summarized the beliefs of the Puritans.
What is The Westminster Confession of Faith?
This French reformer led the movement in Geneva and believed in predestination.
Who is John Calvin?
This 1555 agreement allowed German princes to choose between being Catholic or Lutheran.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
This belief, held by both Luther and Calvin, says that God chose who would be saved before the foundation of the world.
This word describes French Protestants who faced persecution because of their religion.
Who are the Huguenots?
This 1619 document, produced by a synod of around 100 men, opposed the teachings of Jacobus Arminius (Arminianism).
What is The Canons of Dort?
This man brought the Reformation to Scotland and helped create the Presbyterian Church.
Who is John Knox?
The 1572 event wherein many French Protestants were killed.
What is the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre?
This Roman Catholic belief says that the bread and wine of communion literally (though not visibly) change into the body and blood of Christ.
Many Protestants moved to this part of the world to escape religious persecution in Europe.
What is America/the New World?
This book by Luther argued that unsaved people do not have free will.
What is The Bondage of the Will.
This English king started the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
The meeting held from 1545 to 1563 wherein the Roman Catholic church made its theological response to the Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
The Lutheran view of the Lord's Supper, which teaches that Christ's body and blood are present "in, with, and under" the elements.
What is consubstantiation?
The name of the 1524-1525 rebellion amongst the lower classes of Germany that was condemned by Martin Luther.
The Great Peasants' Revolt
This English book, created by Thomas Cranmer in 1549, was used for prayers and services in the Church of England.
What is the Book of Common Prayer?