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11/09/2005

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The Renaissance began when and where?
Definition
1300 in Italy
Term
A philosophy which makes man the center of all things is called what?
Definition
humanism
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The Bible teaches what?
Definition
That God is the Creator of the universe and the center of all things.
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The Renaissance stressed what?
Definition
individualism
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The classics during the Renaissance were considered to be the literature of ??
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Ancient Greece and Rome
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The "father of humanism" was ??
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Petrarch
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Petrarch insopired men to search for what?
Definition
manuscripts throughout Europe
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The collection of short stories about Italian life during the early Renaissance was by whom and called what?
Definition
By Boccaccio and called The Decameron
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A pioneer of modern textual criticism was whom?
Definition
Valla
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The "Donation of Constantine" was found to be what?
Definition
a forgery
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Machiavelli's famous book was called what?
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The Prince
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Renaissnace artists began to use what?
Definition
oil colors instead of water colors
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The universal genius of the Renaissance was whom?
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Michelangelo's most famous work in painting was where?
Definition
in the Sistine Chapel within the Vatican in Rome
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What were two of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings?
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Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
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What were three of Michelangelo's famous statues?
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Pieta, Moses, and David
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The Renaissance painter who painted more than 700 pictures was whom?
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Titian
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What is the greatest example of Renaissance architecture?
Definition
Church of St. Peter
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What is Dante's most amous work?
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Divine Comedy
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What is Chaucer's famous book?
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Canterbury Tales
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Who printed the first Bible on his printing press in 1454?
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Johann Gutenberg
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What is Erasmus' most famous book called?
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In Praise of Folly
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Who were the pre-reformers?
Definition
Those men who shared the convictions of the men involved in the Protestant Reformation, but who lived before the Reformation.
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What were the main issues raised by the reformers and pre-reformers were what?
Definition
a.salvation through simple faith in Jesus Christ b.the authority of the Bible
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What three things are considered by many in the Roman Catholic Church as necessary for salvation?
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a.penance b.baptism c.taking Communion
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The Roman Catholic Church had come to equate church authority with what?
Definition
the authority of the Bible
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Systematic persecution was called what?
Definition
Inquisition
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Who began The Waldenses?
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Peter Waldo
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Who wrote a poem about the persecution of the Waldenses?
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John Milton
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John Wycliffe was called what?
Definition
morning star of the Reformation
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John Wycliffe came to believe what?
Definition
the Bible was the only authority in matters of faith
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John Huss criticized what?
Definition
the corruption of the clergy
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John Huss criticized the selling of what?
Definition
He believed the selling of indulgences as a practice contrary to the teachings of the Bible
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What happened to John Huss?
Definition
He was burned at the stake in July of 1415.
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Erasmus did a great service to all true Christians by doing what?
Definition
Editing and having the first printed Greek New Testament published.
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Erasmus' printed text was called what?
Definition
Textus Receptus (or) Received Text
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Luther held what position much of his life?
Definition
professor of Bible at the University of Wittenberg
Term
Who sold indulgences near Saxony and promised forgiveness of sin?
Definition
the monk named Tetzel
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THe study of which book of the Bible changed Luthor's life?
Definition
Romans
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Luther posted what on the door of the Castle Church at Wittenberg on October 31, 1517?
Definition
his Ninety-five Thesis
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After his break with Rome, Luther's efforts were directed toward what?
Definition
Establishing a consistent doctrinal position, and safeguarding the Reformation from going to extremes.
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What is a theologian?
Definition
doctrine writer and teacher
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The Reformation ws led in German-speaking Switzerland by whom?
Definition
Zwingli
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Who were the two men who led the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland?
Definition
Farel and John Calvin
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What is Calvin's famous book called?
Definition
Institutes of the Christian Religion
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What is the system of thought that has grown out of Calvin's writings?
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Calvinism
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What was the English Reformation related to?
Definition
the monarchy and English nationalism
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Who translated Erasmus' Greek New Testament into English?
Definition
Tyndale
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Elizabeth I was the daughter of whom?
Definition
Anne Boleyn
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