HTST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sola Scriptura, Protestant Reformation, John Calvin
14 Mar 2018
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The reformation: business, quiz available, man, christendom divided, the world united , midterm exam (next tuesday) 50 minutes, the reformation, european christianity, the long view. People wanted roman catholic church to reform. Clear example of how printing press and catholic church haters came together. Professor of university; monk who taught outside the monastery , scholar (read bible, deeply thought about things) Ninety-five theses, or disputation on the power of indulgences (1517) Was concerned about the popes way of doing indulgences. Against indulgences; believed they were unnecessary works. Believed forgiveness is a gift from god and humans have no say in it. Posted in public for everyone to read; were a big hit. Against his say 95 theses was published. Church was taking on a role that they had nothing to do with. Roman catholic church wanted him to stop. Luther ended up writing more: other challenges. Luther inspired people to critic the roman catholic church.
