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Christian Traditions Finals
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04/29/2011

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Aquinas
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Scholastic theologian
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Barmen Declaration
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1934 denounces Nazi supported Christianites
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Bonhoeffer
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Influenced Martin Luther King Jr., resist Nazis
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Cathars
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Renewal movement “Pure ones” (Albigensians) rigorous moral codes, led to inqusitions
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Catherine of Siena
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Mystic
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Christian humanism
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14th and 15th Century rediscovery of Roman and Greek philosophy, society, grammar Jewish and Muslim wisdom
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City on a hill
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17th John Winthrop’s Protestant sermon. Massachusetts Bay
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Cold War-
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Under God was added to pledge of allegiance, communism vs. capitalism
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Compostela
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di Santiago, pilgrimage site in North Spain
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conciliar movement-
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14th-16th reform movement in Catholic church saying the pope shouldn’t have final say
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Council of Trent-
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16th Council of Roman Catholic Church, number of reformations such as Scripture and Tradition, Original Sin, Justification, Sacraments, the Eucharist in Holy Mass and the veneration of saints
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Crusades-
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11th-13th Centuries efforts of Christians to reclaim the holy land from Muslims, Roman Catholics
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Decree of Union-
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1439 Florence between Greek Orthodox and Latin
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disputatio-
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scholasticism, logical way of argument
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ecumenism
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that there should be a single Christian Church
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Edict of Nantes
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1598 Limited religious toleration for French Huguenots
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Evangelicalism
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Protestant offshoot, popular in U.S. ‘born again’
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glossolalia
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Speaking in tongues, pentecostal
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Great Awakenings
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19th period of religious revival in American religious history
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Guadalupe (Our Lady)
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16th appeared in Juan Diego’s poncho Catholic icon
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Gustavo Gutierrez
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(1928-present) Peruvian, founded Liberation theology
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Huguenots-
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16th and 17th French Calvinists driven from France because of persecution
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iconoclasm
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destruction of religious icons, Byzantine and Muslim iconoclam
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investiture-
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Instillation of an incumbent in public office, Holy Roman Empire, papal controversy
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
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late 19th millenarian, restorationist
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John Calvin
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16th Absolute omnipotence and authority of God, Human depravity, Predestination, sanctification, scripture as word of God
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Kairos Document-
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1985 political struggle against apartheid is also religious
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Kant-
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18th God is tied to happiness “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him”
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Kateri Tekakwitha
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17th Mohawk Indian from New York, converted to Christianity
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Joseph Smith
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19th Founded Latter day Saints
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Liberation theology
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1960’s founded by Gustavo Gutierrez, Latin American movement, critique of economic arrangements, Marxism and Christianity, Justice
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liturgy-
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communal religious act, Catholic Mass, worship
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magisterial reformations
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Europe, political sovereignty driving reformatoin, Religion of the King is the religion of the state (cuius regio, eius religio)
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Anselm
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Scholastic theologian, atonement
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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(1929-1968) Justice as goal of humanity, appeals to higher law than U.S. law
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Mateo Ricci-
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17th and 18th Jesuit China Mission, Servant of God
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millennialism
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12th and 15th Christ will come bak and reign for 1000 years, Joachim of Fiore (bonfire of the vanities), Savonarola
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mysticism
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14th century Vernacular texts, desire for union w/ God, ascetic practices, alternative to monastic life, emotional, soul
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Peace of Augsburg
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1555 cuius regio, eius religio
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Peace of Westphalia-
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1648 ends 30 years’ war, grants limited tolerance to Catholics, Lutherans, and Calvinists
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Pentecostalism-
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personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues
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Protestant ethic-
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Max Weber, Calvinist emphasis on the necessity for hard work as a component of a person's calling and worldly success and as a visible sign or result (not a cause) of personal salvation.
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Radical Reformation
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Separation of church and state, adult baptism, ultimate religious authority is one’s individual relationship with God, following Christ, martyrdom
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Renaissance-
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15th century new intellectual and cultural movement
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restorationism-
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Purer Christianity can be salvaged by emulating the early Church, Anabaptists, Puritans
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sacraments-
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Visible signs of God’s presence in the body of Christ, 1.Baptism 2.Confirmation 3.Penance 4.Eucharist 5.Marriage 6.Holy Orders 7.Last Rites
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Savonarola
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15th book burnings, Florence
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Martin Luther-
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15th and 16th German monk, founded reformation, 95 theses, translates new testament into German
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scholasticism-
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(1100-1500) method of learning taught by medieval academics in universities. Reconcile philosophy w/ Christianity, reason, logic
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Sitka-
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In Alaska, first Russian Orthodox church in U.S.
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Thomas Christians
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an ancient body of Christians in the southwestern state of India who trace their origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century
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transubstantiation
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Roman Catholic, turning bread and wine into literal Jesus
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Vatican II
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1962-1965 Ne understandings of church, worship, theology, relations with other Christian and non Christian groups
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Schleiermacher-
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18th and 19th Father of Modern Liberation Theology
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Third Rome-
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idea that some city is the successor to Rome and Constantinople (second Rome). Russian claims, Ottoman claims, etc
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