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THE RENAISSANCE
CORY and HOLLERICH; Chapter 17 - 20
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
11/10/2009

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RENAISSANCE
Definition
Rebirth
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HUMANISM
Definition
An intellectual movement that sought to revive and teach Latin and Greek classics
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC
Definition
Human centered
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THEOCENTRIC
Definition
God centered
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STUDIA HUMANITATIS
Definition
Humane studies
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HISTORICAL CRITICISM
Definition
The use of historical knowledge to evaluate existing traditions and institutions
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DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
Definition
The greatest of the northern humanists
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VERNACULAR
Definition
Language of the common people
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PASSIVE/ ALIEN RIGHTEOUSNESS
Definition
What Luther used to call God's righteousness (and not their own) that justifies people before God
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CONTRITION
Definition
Sorrow for sin
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ABSOLUTION
Definition
Forgiveness for the guilt associated with sin
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WORKS OF SATISFACTION
Definition
To remove the penalties or consequences of sin
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TREASURY OF MERIT
Definition
Good works formed under the control of the pope
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TRANSUBSTANTIATION
Definition
The transformation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ
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DIET
Definition
A formal meeting
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EDICT OF WORMS
Definition
A statement declaring Luther an outlaw and subject to capital punishment
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ICONOCLASM
Definition
Image-breaking; statues, stained glass, and paintings forcibly destroyed or removed by churches
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PROTESTANT
Definition
Six Lutheran princes protested this arrangement and thereby acquired this name
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ANSBURG CONFESSION
Definition
An important statement of Lutheran doctrine
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CATECHISMS
Definition
Manuals of Christian doctrine
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ULRICH ZWINGLI
Definition
A religious leader who formed an alliance with the government of a canton and recieved the same kind of military protection that Luther recieved from Elector Frederick of Saxony
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MARBURG COLLOQUY
Definition
Showed that nothing could be settled merely by appealing to the Bible as "the final authority" since people would continue to disagree about the best interpretation of a biblical text
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JOHN CALVIN
Definition
Reformed religion; protested the Catholic religion
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ELECTION
Definition
The idea that God chooses certain people with whom to enter into a special relationship or covenant
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DOUBLE PREDESTINATION
Definition
The idea of Calvin that God has already chosen some for salvation and others for damnation
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CONSISTORY
Definition
Something like a city council, which had 12 members; 4 from the government; 4 from the church leadership; and 4 church members who were not pastors
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BELIEVER'S BAPTISM
Definition
Only adults who were old enough to make such a decision could be baptized
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VOLUNTARIST PRINCIPLE
Definition
That becoming a Christian (and a member of a church) always requires an active decision
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RESTORATIONISM
Definition
A charismatic Christian movement seeking to restore the beliefs and practices of the early Church
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KING HENRY VIII
Definition
Broke with the Roman Catholic Church due to marriage
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WILLIAM TYNDALE
Definition
Published a translation of significant parts of the Bible into English for the first time
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THOMAS CRANMER
Definition
Stabilized the English Reformation, was the archbishop of Canterbury
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JOHN WESLEY
Definition
Advocated a much more lively form of religion, with considerably more attention to personal spirituality, Bible study, and evangelistic preaching
Term
METHODIST CHURCH
Definition
Formed by John Wesley
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OXFORD MOVEMENT
Definition
A group concerned about what appeared to be a decline in church life and advocated for a return to some of the devotional and liturgical practices that had been part of its heritage in the 17th century
Term
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
Definition
Converted to Roman Catholicism and was eventually named a cardinal
Term
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Definition
The American version of the Church of England (slightly altered)
Term
COUNTER-REFORMATION
Definition
Refers to the efforts of those who were loyal to the pope and supportive of the customary practices of the Roman Catholic Church to counter the teachings and practices of the Protestant Reformation
Term
CATHOLIC REFORMATION
Definition
Refers to the efforts of those who wanted to bring about the internal rebirth of Catholic sensibility
Term
"POLYGLOT" BIBLES
Definition
Containing several languages
Term
ORATORIES
Definition
Groups of clergy who banded together for the purpose of prayer, meditation, and mutual support as they participated in discussions about how they might reform the church
Term
SOCIETY OF JESUS; JESUITS
Definition
Formed by Ignatius of Loyola
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
Definition
Drafted by Ignatius, became the tool of spiritual formation for those who joined him in his quest
Term
CAPUCHINS
Definition
A reform branch of the Franciscan movement
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COLLEGE OF CARDINALS
Definition
Advisors to the pope and second in line of authority after the pope
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COUNCIL OF TRENT
Definition
Reformed the Church
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SEMINARY
Definition
A place for training
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BREVIARY
Definition
Prayer book containing the liturgy of the hours, the official prayer of priests and monks
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TERESA OF AVILA
Definition
Spent much of her life in a struggle between worldly comforts and the interior life of prayer
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JOHN OF THE CROSS
Definition
Established the Discalced Carmelites
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DISCALCED CARMELITES
Definition
The order that received its own superior and became a separate order
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BAROQUE
Definition
A style
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