Reformation Theology - St Lawrence Church Lechlade

Reformation Theology
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Wycliffe & the
Lollards
Medieval church
reformers
Nationalism
Humanism &
Education
Printing
Corrupt &
immoral church
Anticlericalism,
anti-popery
Church finances
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Reformation Theologians
Muntzer
Cranmer
Zwingli
Calvin
Luther
Clement VII
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‘Scala Sancta’,
Rome
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‘Scala Sancta’,
Rome
You must
be joking!
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The sale of indulgences
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Martin Luther- 95 theses,
Castle Church, Wittenberg
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ROMANS 1: 16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the
power of God for salvation to everyone who
has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed
through faith for faith; as it is written, ‘The one
who is righteous will live by faith.’
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The Papal Bull –
excommunication
of Luther, 1520
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x3 Works of Martin Luther (1520)
1. ‘To the Christian Nobility of the
German Nation’
Papal supremacy wrong
2. ‘The Babylonian Captivity of the
Church’
Grace only through sacraments
controlled by priests
3. ‘The Freedom of a Christian’
Sinner at heart, righteous by status
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Luther before the Holy Roman Emperor,
Diet of Worms (1521)
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Humility of Christ v pomp of the Church of Rome
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True v false Church (God v the papacy)
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The Papacy &
the Church of Rome
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The Break with Rome III
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Reservoir of grace
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Seven sacraments of the Church of Rome
Baptism Confirmation Eucharist
Penance Marriage Ordination Anointing
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Seven sacraments of the Church of Rome
Baptism Confirmation Eucharist
Penance Marriage Ordination Anointing
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Sacrament of BAPTISM
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Trial of Thomas Cranmer (1556)
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Spiritual Authority
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Spiritual Authority
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