a. Martin Luther i. very religious, but did not find that fit the medieval church ii. originally studied law, but he was not content, so he visited home. a. he was stuck in a thunderstorm and vowed he would be a monk iii. he was questioned the reason for sacraments a. sacraments: Catholics main reason of receiving God’s grace iv. he journey to fine the true meaning-- found it in “justice of God” a. appeared to Luther that the church wanted people to work towards salvation. b. earned salvation through “the grace of God” v. demanded people to stop collecting paper (sacraments) a. created the Ninety-Five These b. Luther attacked the sacrament system. vi. Edict of Worms a. made Luther an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire
b. Ninety- Five These i. Luther nailed his Theses to the door of the Castle church in Wittenberg ii. the printing press helped spread his Theses
c. Luther’s Key Ideas: i. Humans do nothing to merit grace; it is purely God’s decision. ii. Salvation is achieved by faith alone iii. The Bible is the only valid authority for Christians
d. The Peasants Revolt i. peasants were dissatisfied with their living conditions. a. peasants were abused and were charged with higher taxes ii. peasants looked to Luther a. Luther refused to help the Peasants i. Shown in his pamphlet Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants b. He did not believe in social revolution
e. Peace of Augsburg i. after the religious civil war, this peace gave the German prince to determine his own religious beliefs.
2. Calvinism a. John Calvin i. Similar to Luther, but they differed in their theology a. Luther: believed that the church should be lower than the sate b. Calvin: stressed that the church had a duty to Christianize the state i. Published the Institutes of the Christian Religion a. a masterful Protestant thought iii. Calvin thought that God was perfect, just, and omnipotent; humans were corrupt and in just. iv. predestination: God is all knowing and had already planned out your life. a. those who gain salvation is already determined.
The Reformations
1. Lutheranism:
a. Martin Lutheri. very religious, but did not find that fit the medieval church
ii. originally studied law, but he was not content, so he visited home.
a. he was stuck in a thunderstorm and vowed he would be a monk
iii. he was questioned the reason for sacraments
a. sacraments: Catholics main reason of receiving God’s grace
iv. he journey to fine the true meaning-- found it in “justice of God”
a. appeared to Luther that the church wanted people to work towards salvation.
b. earned salvation through “the grace of God”
v. demanded people to stop collecting paper (sacraments)
a. created the Ninety-Five These
b. Luther attacked the sacrament system.
vi. Edict of Worms
a. made Luther an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire
b. Ninety- Five These
i. Luther nailed his Theses to the door of the Castle church in Wittenberg
ii. the printing press helped spread his Theses
c. Luther’s Key Ideas:
i. Humans do nothing to merit grace; it is purely God’s decision.
ii. Salvation is achieved by faith alone
iii. The Bible is the only valid authority for Christians
d. The Peasants Revolt
i. peasants were dissatisfied with their living conditions.
a. peasants were abused and were charged with higher taxes
ii. peasants looked to Luther
a. Luther refused to help the Peasants
i. Shown in his pamphlet Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants
b. He did not believe in social revolution
e. Peace of Augsburg
i. after the religious civil war, this peace gave the German prince to determine his own religious beliefs.
2. Calvinism
a. John Calvin
i. Similar to Luther, but they differed in their theology
a. Luther: believed that the church should be lower than the sate
b. Calvin: stressed that the church had a duty to Christianize the state
i. Published the Institutes of the Christian Religion
a. a masterful Protestant thought
iii. Calvin thought that God was perfect, just, and omnipotent; humans were corrupt and in just.
iv. predestination: God is all knowing and had already planned out your life.
a. those who gain salvation is already determined.