HIST 1003 Lecture : Lecture 1 Age Of Confessional Division
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The age of confessional division: protestant vs. catholic. Church: key ideas, justification by faith alone, challenging the teaching that said the only way a person could be saved was through doing good works (aka following the teachings and rituals of the. Church) alone: only the christian scriptures contain, luther said we are saved by having faith, luther followers need the bible only, church followers need the bible and the, sola scriptura . God"s word: priesthood of all believers-individuals need the priest. You don"t need the church as a go: luther every believers is his or her own church and actions of the priest to be saved, these ideas become known as lutheranism. Lecture 1: each group believes they know the right truth, counter-reformation (catholic reformation, trying to regain followers who had broken away to follow luther, the church is fighting to regain supremacy.
