AP Euro unit 2 key terms

Peace of Augsburg (1555)

decision by HRE Charles V to let the political authority in each territory of the HRE decide between the Catholic or Lutheran faith. Officially recognized Lutheranism in the HRE.

Edict of Nantes (1598)

issued by Henry IV of France, it granted liberty of public worship to Huguenots in 150 fortified towns.

John Calvin

established a protestant community in Geneva and published the Institutes of The Christian Religion (1536) which outlined the tenant of Predestination.

Martin Luther

Augustinian monk who challenged church corruptions and dogma through Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Scriptura (Faith alone, Grace alone, Scripture alone).

Diet of Worms (1521)

assembly called by the HRE Charles V at which Martin Luther was summoned to appear and recant his criticism of the Catholic Church or face excommunication.

Protestant

general term applied to all non-Catholic western European Catholics.

Anabaptists

Protestant group who viewed baptism solely as an external witness to a believer’s conscious profession of faith, rejected infant baptism, and believed in separation of church from state.

Indulgences

sold during the time of the reformation by the Catholic Church as a means of obtaining forgiveness of one’s sins and therefore reducing time in purgatory.

Simony

the selling of church offices.

Pluralism

the holding of many benefices (offices) simultaneously but seldom visits or perform the spiritual responsibilities of those offices.

Catholic Reformation