HIS389H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Western Christianity, Anabaptism, Calvinism
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Lecture outline: witchcraft and it times: the long. Long reformation: process of change in western christian church. Nider interested in the reform of his own dominican order (early 15th century) Begins with a feeling among clergy (like nider) that the western church is falling away from original purity, that it is becoming corrupt, reform institutional church, especially the clergy and regular clergy (monks and nuns) Originally it was a top down movement believed clergy are superior. Papacy weakened popes not of highest moral qualities and so something much be done to reform christian church. Begins with clergy criticizing themselves- laity hears = clerical corruption spreads out of clergy to laity where it mixes with old rivalries between clergy and secular powers. What starts as institutional reform starts to involve doctrine and reform of whole church and laity- reformation of lay and clerical morality. Reformation of institutional church and its clergy; calls for doctrinal change; the reformation of lay morality.
