AP EURO CHAPTER 13
Huguenot
french calvinists
Spiritual Exercises
ignatius loyola- structured meditation designed to develop spiritual discipline and allow one to meld one's will with that of gods
John Knox
led to the establishment of a state church structured the scottish church after the model of geneva (john calvin)
jesuits
members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola, whose goal was to spread the Roman Catholic faith
anticlericalism
opposition to the clergy
The institutes of Christian Religion
Calvin's formulation of Christian doctrine, which became a systematic theology for protestantism
Denmark-Norway
What was the first area outside the Holy Roman Empire to accept the Reformation?
The Jesuits
Which Catholic religious order played a prominent role in establishing a particularly staunch form of Roman Catholicism in Poland by 1650?
edict of nantes
a document issued by Henry IV of France in 1598 granting liberty of conscience and of public worship to calvinists which helped restore peace in france
indulgence
a document issued by the catholic church lessening penance or time in purgatory, widely believed to bring forgiveness to all sins
John Calvin
believed that god had specifically selected him to reform the church absolute sovereignty and omnipotence of god and the total weakness of humanity men and women were as insignificant as grains of sand idea of predestination
politiques
catholic and protestant moderates who held that only a strong monarchy could save france from total collapse
Martin Luther
salvation and justification came through faith gods word is revealed only in scripture and not traditions in church 95 theses
union of utrecht
the alliance of seven northern provinces (led by Holland) that declared its independence from Spain and formed the United Provinces of the Netherlands
Spanish Armada
the fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in 1588 against England as a religious crusade against protestantism. Weather and the English fleet defeated it
Protestant
the name originally gave to followers of Luther, which came to mean all non-catholic western christian groups
Holy office
the official roman catholic agency founded in 1542 to combat international doctrinal heresy
predestination
the teaching that god has determined salvation or damnation of individuals based on his will and purpose, not on their merit or works