Reformation Vocabulary Words

Mrs. Ballingall KFHS
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  1. indulgence
    remission by the pope of temporal punishment in purgatory
  2. reformation
    improvement in the condition of institutions or practices
  3. Lutheranism
    teachings of Martin Luther emphasizing the cardinal doctrine of justification by faith alone
  4. Protestantism
    the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
  5. annul
    cancel officially
  6. Anglicanism
    the faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church
  7. predestination
    previous determination as if by destiny or fate
  8. Calvinism
    the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
  9. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
  10. Presbyterianism
    the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism
  11. Anabaptism
    a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state
  12. Protestant Reformation
    a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
  13. Counter Reformation
    the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits
  14. Jesuitism
    the theology or the practices of the Jesuits
  15. Council of Trent
    a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy
Created on Thu Sep 20 18:45:11 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Sep 20 18:59:05 EDT 2012)

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