Exam 3 REL 1350: People

Father of Scholasticism; Ontological Argument (God's existence is a logical necessity); Satisfaction Theory (divine honor satisfied by Christ).

Anselm

Wrote Yes and No (Sic et Non) ; used reason to reconcile conflicting authorities ; condemned by Bernard of Clairvaux.

Peter Abelard

Cistercian monk; "Honey Tongue" ; mystic focused on the humanity of Christ ; advocated for the Knights Templar.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Dominican; wrote Summa Theologiae ; established Natural Theology (the middle ground where reason and faith overlap).

Thomas Aquinas

Bible belongs to all; rejected transubstantiation; "Lordship" only for the righteous; Lollards were his followers.

John Wycliffe

Bohemian reformer ; argued unworthy popes should not be obeyed ; burned at the Council of Constance.

Jan Hus

Humanist; published first Greek New Testament in the West ; emphasized inner experience over ritual ; wrote Handbook of the Christian Soldier.

Erasmus

Swiss reformer; symbolic/memorial view of the Eucharist ; argued "what is not permitted is forbidden".

Ulrich Zwingli

Wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion ; centered theology on the absolute control of God; Double Predestination.

John Calvin