RPOC; Reformed Unit Test Review

What were the goals of Guido?

1. Show what they shared with Catholics (Creeds and scripture) 2: Show differences of them and catholics 3: Show how they differed from Anabaptists

When did Zwingly start reforming?

1516

WHen did Luther start reforming?

1517

When and where did the Protestant Reformation begin?

1517 in Wittenberg, Germany

When did Calvin start reforming?

1530s

When was Belgic Confession written?

1561

When was the Belgic Confession created?

1561

When was the Heidelberg Catechism written?

1563

What commandment was broken by using statues and images?

2nd; no creating graven image

How many lessons are in the Heidelberg catechism?

52

Mass (definition)

A Roman Catholic Church service in which Jesus' body is prepared and sacrificed for the faithful to share in and celebrate the Lord's Supper

What is Heidelberg?

A city in Germany

When was the Apostles creed written?

AD 390

What are two things about covenants?

Agreement between God and man, man cannot keep his side up, God wants us in covenants, and God always holds up his end.

What was the Catholic Inquisition?

Arresting all non-Catholics

John Calvin

Bookworm; translated the bible; wrote commentaries on 65/66 books; preached 2 sermons per day

Weakness of Apostle's Creed

Brief, so some stuff is missing from it

Transubstantiation (Definition)

In the Lord's Supper, it's the conversion of the whole substance of the bread and wine into the whole substance of the Body and Blood of Christ.

What three things do we believe about salvation?

It is a gift, it comes at a price that we cannot pay, and it depends on God.

What do we believe about the Bible?

It is the foundation of our belief.

Who gets largest description in Apostle's Creed

Jesus

What was Luther's problem with Indulgences?

Luther knew that Christ fully pays for sin and forgives us fully, and the Bible doesn't talk about them

What was Luther's job before he became the leader of the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther was a German monk and a Professor of Theology at University of Wittenberg.

What historical figures are mentioned in the A. Creed

Mary and Pilate

Saint (definition)

One who is close to God because of what Jesus has done for them and for what they have done for God

What are 3 things that Protestant denominations share?

Originate from R.C. Church, come from Western Europe, and began because of the Reformation

What is another form of Christianity that isn't Protestant or Catholic?

Orthodox

Who is in charge of Salvation according to the Council of Trent?

Pope and Church officals

What inventions helped the Reformation?

Printing press; translation into common dialects

Purgatory (Rejection)

Protestants believe that Jesus death and resurrection justifies us with God and that in some way physical death completes our sanctification process (Romans 6:5-7), purgatory is not explicitly [or implicitly] taught in Scripture. Therefore, through the atoning death of Jesus (and our own- (Rom. 6:7) the place of purgatory isn't needed.

Pope (rejections)

Protestants believe that Jesus is with his people wherever and whenever they practice his teachings and study his Word (Scripture). No official Pope is needed nor could take priority over Scripture.

Saint (Rejection)

Protestants didn't think this made sense in Scripture (Romans 4), and that we had no salvific merit outside of Christ. The Bible uses the word saints to also describe members of churches that still struggled with sin

Transubstantiation (rejections)

Protestants have disagreed that Christ is re-sacrificed or physically present in the Bread and Wine (elements).

Celibacy (Rejection)

Protestants have rejected it as a requirement for office holding within the church. Most Protestant leaders were married. Jesus and Paul [and maybe John the Baptist] (as far as we can tell from Scripture) never married

Mass (rejections)

Protestants reject the idea that Jesus can/needs to be re-sacrificed by us. His one and unique act on the cross can be remembered and lived out, but cannot be replicated for effective purposes

What 2 hings did the Council of Trent affirm?

Purgatory is real; they denied justification through faith and instead justification through works

what accent does Illiana speak?

Reformed Accent

Celibacy (definition)

Remaining single (unmarried) for religious reasons.

What do we call the church located in Western Europe in early 1500s?

Roman Catholic Church

What kinds of things did the protestants destroy?

Sculptures, paintings, and stain glass windows

What are the three parts of the Heidelberg catechism?

Sin, Salvation, Service

Zwingly

Started Reforming by teaching New Testament and eating sausage on Friday.

Pope (definition)

Supreme head on earth of the universal (catholic) church.

What does Aritcle 19 say?

That Jesus is fully God and fully man and is therefore able to fullfill God's plans

What did the Roman Catholic church do to stop the Reformation?

They excommunicated, killed, and imprisoned/harmed people

Why did the Council of Trent think it was not idolatry to put pictures and statues up of the cross?

They saw them as being useful for following examples and for thanking God.

Who wrote the Heidelberg catechism?

Zacharius Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus

What is a catechism?

a religious teaching tool

What was an indulgence?

release from all or part of the punishment for sin; helps to sanctify someone faster

Who did Caspar Alevianus study under?

Calvin

Who did Zacharius Ursinus study under?

Calvin

Who were the catechisms meant to teach?

Children and common folk

What was the 18 year long reformation meeting? What are its dates?

Council of Trent, 1545-1563

How did Luther find freedom in his crisis of faith?

He discovered forgiveness by faith alone.

What is Luther's spiritual crisis?

He felt guilty for his sin, but he couldn't ever feel free from sin or couldn't feel like he had been forgiven.

The apostle's creed distinguishes what from what?

Heretics (lies) from Orthodox (correct)

What was Luther attempting to reform?

His many concerns about the Church's practices. Among these are indulgences, Church doctrine, power of the Pope, separation of Church and State, Purgatory, and many others that go against what the Bible instructs.

Who does Illiana partner with?

Homes and church

What is the work of the Son?

Dying, resurrecting, and coming again

Strengths of Apostle's Creed

Easy to memorize, Trinitarian, scriptural

What are the three divisions of the Creed?

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

What Bible passages are missing from the Apostle's Creed?

Genesis 3- Malachi 4

What does Question and Answer 123 talk about?

God's kingdom come

What is a major theme in the Bible?

God's sovereignty

What are reformed believers reshaped by?

God's word

Who wrote the Belgic Confession?

Guido de Bres

Name at least three factors that contributed to the Protestant Reformation?

- The Roman Catholic church had power over both church and state. - Popes lived like kings and less like spiritual leaders because of that power. - Simony and Nepotism in the church were another part of the Church cruelty

What do Christians believe about God's kingdom?

Eternal; already here; we should work for it

What two things in history made Christianity complicated?

European colonization (forced Christianity) and the debate between science and religion

Who was making them?

Everyone

What does excommunicate mean?

To excommunicate means to exclude a person from a church or a religious community and "kick them out of heaven"

Reform

To make better by removing faults

Martin Luther

Translated the Bible into German in an attic after being captured for 11 months

What are the two purposes for the Heidelberg catechism?

Unity and Preaching

What is the catholic Church?

church universal

What is the primary work of the Father?

creating the world

What two teachings are used to give us a guide to living a life of gratitude?

ten commandments and the Lord's Prayer

Purgatory (definition)

where believers in Jesus finish their sanctification process before going to Heaven.