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29 The Reformation
MFG Exam 1
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Undergraduate 4
02/05/2012

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Martin Luther
Definition
-German monk
-Posted 95 theses to door (b/c he decided to take action against the wrongs that he perceived in current church practices)
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Diet of Worms
Definition
Charles V decided to solve the Luther problem and he was to speak here. He was protected by Frederick of Sassony. He refused to back down and was then "kidnapped" for his safety.
-In Hiding: wrote the Bible in German, married a nun, established a church
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Counter Reformation
Definition
Catholic church attempts against the Reformation
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Jesuit
Definition
Soldiers of Christ... organized like an army. They report directly ot the Pope. They were strong advocates of changing the Pope back to this.
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Council of Trent
Definition
where the Catholic church tries to discuss how to change the things people are upset about. One of the findings is that the King has the right to name the religion of the region. They did this because all they have to do is convert the king.
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Inquisition
Definition
ensure fidelity of those under the Catholic church's control
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Ulrich Zwingli
Definition
-Switzerland: Zurich
-Agreed with Luther on many concept but wanted to tie religion with nationalsim
-Died in battle
-Created Anabaptists: Mennonites and Amish
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John Calvin
Definition
-France, Geneva (school and government)
-Disagreed wiht Luther on many items of doctrine
-Presbyterianism
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France Religion
Definition
-Francis I didn't let Protestanism flourish.
-Henry II married Catherine de Medici
-Francis II married Mary, Queen of Scotland
-Charles IX (brother of Francis II)
-Henry III (brother of Charles and Francis)
-Henry of Navarre (appointed, not related), became Henry IV, first of the Bourbon rulers
-->all Catholics
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Edict of Nantes
Definition
Right of Huguenots to practice their religion was guaranteed.
Toleration.
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St. Bartholomew's Day
Definition
Charles IX reign, Catherine felt that the Huguenots were gaining too much power, they were slaughtered across the country.
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Huguenots
Definition
French Protestants
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Indulgences
Definition
Paying to diminish time in purgatory through forgiveness of sins, sometimes even before the sins were committed.
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Simony
Definition
selling of church positions
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Dispensations
Definition
Selling of papal exceptions to normal church rules such as ending a marriage, marrying someone closer than the laws of sanguinity would allow, taking a position in the church before the proper age, and holding of multiple church positions that conflicted in time and location, and conquest through war
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John Wycliffe
Definition
-Early reformer
-Translated the Bible into English to be used by all
-KJV of Bible used it as an important reference
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Lollards
Definition
Supporters of Wycliffe
-Protested so vigorously, he wasn't excommunicated at his trial
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Jan Hus of Bohemia
Definition
-Denied papal infallibility
-Protected by Wenceslas, but when he died and Sigismund took over, he failed to protect him
-Hus was burned at the stake
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Bishop Eck
Definition
-Renowned debator sent to silence Luther
-question: "Do you personally believe that Jan Hus should have been convicted of heresy and executed?" Falsely=defy pope, Wrongfully=turn on his followers
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Cantons
Definition
Switzerland in the 16th century was not a single, unified country but, rather, a group of independent regions.
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William Tyndale
Definition
-Contemporary of Luther
-Translated the Bible form original Greek and Hebrew into English
-captured, tried, and executed
-words he invented: Jehovah, Passover, Atonement, and Scapegoat
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King Henry VIII
Definition
Tried to squish Tyndale.
"Defender of the Faith." (Catholic)
-Created his own religion, Church of England, b/c he wanted to divorce and remarry
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Thomas More
Definition
Influenced King Henry VIII as the chief legal counselor.
Wrote Utopia: describes his ideas of a perfect society...utopian society)
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Bloody Mary
Definition
Child of Catherine of Aragon, tried to crush the new Protestant faith in England and reestablish Catholicism killing many. Married the Spanish King.
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