REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Huldrych Zwingli, Sola Scriptura, John Calvin
14 Mar 2016
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Doctrine and beliefs: sola scriptura, sola fide, justification by faith, centrality of scripture for. People and institutions: desiderius erasmus of rotterdam, martin luther, ulrich zwingli, Christian ethics and events: the reformations (when, what and where affected), diet (imperial meeting) of worms/edict of worms (1521) Cultural and material production: 95 theses (1517) Societal reforms and changes from the medieval period: Monastic reform against simony (buying/selling of religious office), concubinage: intro to the reformations (multiple partners, priests living with someone because couldn"t be married), wealth. Emphasis on correct doctrine- inquisitions, witch hunts, preaching orders. Influence of humanism (seeking of knowledge in the humanities) Imperialism and global expansion (emergence of empires in western europe that begin to expand) The reformation and post-reformation periods (c. 1500-1750) are characterized by movements to return the western church to a more biblical pattern in its theology, morality, and institutional structures. Protestant (term from diet of spire in 1529 for the protests/protesters)
