The Reformation & Wars of Religion Flashcards

Luther

Posted his protest of church policy on the door of the church in Wittenberg

Diet of Worms

Takes place in 1521, results in Luther being placed under imperial ban

Indulgences

The “get into heaven free” cards sold by the church to raise money

Treaty of Westphalia

Ended the Thirty Years War in 1648. Legalized Calvinism

Johann Tetzel

The name of the most infamous indulgence preacher

Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor elected during the beginnings of the Reformation in Germany (& King of Spain)

Predestination

The belief that God has already chosen who will go to heaven and there is nothing you can do to change that

Peace of Augsburg

1555 - Determined … “cutie regio eius religio”

95 Theses

The name of the protests posted on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517

Elect

The name for members of the group predestined for salvation, according to calvin

Anabaptists

Radical protestant group that took over Munster and opposed infant baptism

Edict of Nantes

Issued by Henry IV 1598 to give a religious toleration to his country… “Paris is worth a mass”

Sola Fide

(Latin) The belief that faith alone, not good works, will get you into heaven

Zwingli

A protestant reformer that believed that Christ was only symbolically present in the Eucharist

Politiques

Elizabeth I & Henry IV but NOT Philip II or Mary Tudor

Vernacular

Martin Luther and the Angelican Book of Common prayer both translated the Bible into the…

Protestant leader that believed in the principle of Predestination

Calvin

Printing Press

This 1455 invention in Mainz helped to make Martin Luther successful where others before him failed

The Netherlands

The apology which denounced Philip II as a tyrant was written by William of Orange in…

Maximilian I

Holy Roman Emperor whose death the in 1519 distracted them from dealing with Luther

Peasants

inspired by Luther‘s ideas, these people revolted from 1523–1525. Their rebellion was brutally crushed when Luther didn’t support them.

Erasmus

This father of Christian Humanism wrote “In Praise of Folly.” “Laid the egg luther hatched”

Marburg Colloquy

Philip of Hesse’s attempt to work out theological differences between Luther and Zwingli that failed

Laity

The name for members of the church that are not part of the clergy