HUM 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Anabaptism, Ninety-Five Theses, Purgatory
8 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
Reformation Europe
Age of Nationalism
•Nationalism derives from natio or people group
•Nationalism—political geography and governance representing a people group
•Theory—all peoples of one “nation” should be part of the same country
•Spain doesn’t exist before 1519
•Unification of Aragon and Castile under Ferdinand and Isabel in 1469
•Completion of the Reconquest in 1492
•Unification of France in 1453
•Cultural variation by region persists
Late Medieval Church
•Christendom—Christ’s kingdom on earth
•Vicar of Christ—Christ’s steward until he returns
•Basic division of the Church—clergy and laity
Body of Christ
•Clergy—highest calling to provide pastoral leadership to Christendom
•Nobility/Soldiers—second highest calling to protect Christ’s kingdom
•Peasantry—third highest calling to provide sustenance for the body
Secular Clergy
•Priests and bishops of the Church
•Responsible for pastoral care of the laity
•Responsible for maintaining liturgy
•Responsible for Church administration
Regular Clergy
•Monks and Mendicants of the Church
•Intercessors between Christendom and God
•“Spiritual” wing of the clergy
•Life of poverty and service as Christ served
Church and Salvation
•Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and resurrection is the basis of salvation
•All members of the Church will receive the resurrection
•Entrance into heaven is based on the fulfillment of the penalties for sin
Penance and the Church
•Penance—acts of contrition for wrongs committed
•Goal of penance is to correct sinful behavior
•Belief in temporal penalties for all sins
•Unremitted sins still need penance before entrance into heaven
•Treasury of Merits—positive behavior by Christians that can offset the temporal penalties
for sin
•Classic model—saints and monastic communities work to offset the penalties for average
Christians
Indulgences
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Document Summary
Late medieval church: christendom christ"s kingdom on earth, vicar of christ christ"s steward until he returns, basic division of the church clergy and laity. Body of christ: clergy highest calling to provide pastoral leadership to christendom, nobility/soldiers second highest calling to protect christ"s kingdom, peasantry third highest calling to provide sustenance for the body. Secular clergy: priests and bishops of the church, responsible for pastoral care of the laity, responsible for maintaining liturgy, responsible for church administration. Regular clergy: monks and mendicants of the church, intercessors between christendom and god, spiritual wing of the clergy, life of poverty and service as christ served. Church and salvation: christ"s sacrifice on the cross and resurrection is the basis of salvation, all members of the church will receive the resurrection, entrance into heaven is based on the fulfillment of the penalties for sin.
