Anabaptists (3 points) - ANS--"ana" means again; rebaptizers
-advocated for complete and total separation from the state
-everyone persecuted them
Context for Reformation (5 points) - ANS--Renaissance Humanism
-Problems in church (papal credibility, anti clericalism)
-precursors to reformation (john wycliffe, jan hus burned at stake for doing same as Luther)
-Printing (literacy, language, scholarship, cencorship)
-black death took lots of ministers so theres lots of newbies and a negative view of them
English Reformation (4 points) - ANS--Henry VIII: Crowned protector of the faith, not a
protestant, needed male heir to prevent civil war, changed authority of pope, implemented use
of English Bible
-Edward VI sustained political ambition
-Mary Tudor threatened religious zeal
-Elizabeth I consolidated by practical politics, wasn't and couldn't be catholic; leaned protestant
but liked tradition of Catholicism
Erasmus & Significance (5 points including 3 writings) - ANS--Christian humanist
-wrote Enchiridian militis Christiani, a handbook for Christian soldier. philosophy of christ is to
imitate Christ, challenges to read bible and pray in order for reform and authenticity to happen
-Wrote Praise of Folly, a satirical work
-Publishes complete edition of Greek NT, gathered all existing manuscripts into one. for scholars
and theologians, not commong ppl. 1516.
-1517 Luther uses the book to post thesis
Italian Renaissance Humanism (5 points including 2 people) - ANS--Sense of history
-"ad fontes" back to the sources, rediscovery of the classics
-Petrarch: father and founder of renaissance
-Lorenzo Valla: contributed to methods of studying old documents, Donation of Constantine was
fake, wrote on the false doc
-Developed textual criticism technique, brought whole to light literature and history
John Calvin (4 points) - ANS--From France, real name Jacques
-1523 recieved law degree U of Paris
-Institutes of the Christian Religion: guidebook for all Christians, dedicated to Francis I, Every
area of life should be devoted to Christ
-sacraments, the church (mightve been aiding catholic desires to some degree), predestination.