Mrs. Stroud Digital test

Look at the map. In which area would Protestants be most likely to face persecution?

Austria and Poland

Which of the following was a characteristic of Protestantism but not of Roman Catholicism?

Bibles in the vernacular

Which idea differentiates the Protestant doctrines of Calvinism and Lutheranism?

Calvin's belief in predestination

his painting illustrates a pattern of Roman treatment of Christians that ended with the reign of Emperor

Constantine.

As long as citizens accepted the emperor as divine and honored Roman gods, Rome tolerated religious diversity. What practice helped support this religious tolerance?

Polytheists worshiped both the Roman gods alongside their own

"27. There is no divine authority for preaching that the soul flies out of the purgatory immediately the money clinks in the bottom of the chest. "28. It is certainly possible that when the money clinks in the bottom of the chest avarice [extreme greed] and greed increase; but when the church offers intercession [intervention], all depends in the will of God." —Martin Luther, 95 Theses Which of the following provides an accurate historical context for this excerpt from Martin Luther's 95 Theses?

Protestantism rejected papal authority, especially relating to what was regarded as the corrupt selling of indulgences.

Which of the following is the best example of a theocracy?

a government run by religious leaders

"We, Constantine and Licinius the Emperors, having met in concord at Milan and having set in order everything which pertains to the common good and public security . . ." What did the document quoted here proclaim in the Roman empire?

freedom of worship to all citizens of the Roman empire

Paul taught that people who believed in Jesus would

have salvation.

I have cast the die. . . . I will not reconcile myself to them [the Roman Catholic Church] for all eternity. . . . Let them condemn and burn all that belongs to me; in return I will do as much for them. . . . Now I no longer fear, and I am publishing a book in the German tongue about Christian reform, directed against the pope, in language as violent as if I were addressing the Antichrist."—Martin Luther "The Growing Challenge" by Martin Luther from The Reformation by Sarah Flowers. Copyright (c) 1995 Lucent Books. What prompted Martin Luther to take the actions described in this quotation?

his rejection of papal authority and his refusal to recant

What did the Catholic Church do in response to the Protestant Reformation?

reformed