Lecture-3; Reformation
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The Protestant Reformation began in the 16th century and represented a major religious revolution in Europe. It challenged the authority of the Catholic Church and established new Christian denominations. The Reformation was sparked by multiple factors, including corruption within the Catholic Church hierarchy, the selling of indulgences, and the writings of reformers such as Martin Luther who questioned Catholic doctrine. Luther's writings helped launch the religious revolution and shift to a theology centered on God rather than humanism.
![What Was the Reformation? Defining the Religious Revolution of the Sixteenth Century
[T]he Reformation represented a
religious upheaval and, therefore, a
revolution in worldview. If one turns
to contemporary historiography
regarding this signally important
period, it would be easily to lose sight
of this fact, since the period is more
commonly referred to as Early
Modern Europe. Without denying the
value of contemporary scholarship
and the obvious fact that the
Reformation brought social,
economic, and political developments
of the first magnitude, what struck
many at the time was its character as
a religious revolution.
Scott Amos, “The Reformation as a
Revolution in Worldview” in Hoffecker,
Revolutions in Worldview, 206-207,](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lecture-3reformation-210507114208/85/Lecture-3-Reformation-5-320.jpg)
Lecture-3; Reformation
- 1. History of Christianity-II COACH Institute of Intercultural Studies Hyderabad
- 3. 3 The Protestant Reformation 1300 – 1570 CE
- 4. In this lecture: What Was the Reformation? Defining the Religious Revolution of the Sixteenth Century Causes of the Reformation Martin Luther the Accidental Revolutionary
- 5. What Was the Reformation? Defining the Religious Revolution of the Sixteenth Century [T]he Reformation represented a religious upheaval and, therefore, a revolution in worldview. If one turns to contemporary historiography regarding this signally important period, it would be easily to lose sight of this fact, since the period is more commonly referred to as Early Modern Europe. Without denying the value of contemporary scholarship and the obvious fact that the Reformation brought social, economic, and political developments of the first magnitude, what struck many at the time was its character as a religious revolution. Scott Amos, “The Reformation as a Revolution in Worldview” in Hoffecker, Revolutions in Worldview, 206-207,
- 6. “a religious revolution whose leading figures expressed an intensely theocentric perspective in their writings. The Reformers juxtaposed the power, majesty, and holiness of God with human weakness and sinfulness.”
- 7. This God-centered, God-exalting approach to theology had at least the following consequences: Opposition of some elements of Renaissance Humanism, and highly optimistic view of man’s capability and powers of achievement. most notably humanism’s man-centered
- 8. man- centered view of the universe A strong and decisive movement toward the Bible as the authoritative source of revelation from the God on whom the whole universe centers.
- 9. Causes of the Reformation Church crises of the 14th and 15th century The “Babylonian Captivity” The Great Schism The death of the conciliar movement Conciliarism was a reform movement in the 14th-, 15th- and 16th-century Catholic Church which held that supreme authority in the Church resided with an Ecumenical council, apart from, or even against, the pope. The movement emerged in response to the Western Schism between rival popes in Rome and Avignon.
- 10. Church corruption Simony (the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices.)
- 11. Pluralism: An officer holding more than one office at a time.
- 12. Absenteeism: A church official not participating in the life of his congregation but receiving an income nevertheless.
- 13. Nepotism
- 14. The sale of indulgences In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins"
- 15. Moral decline of the papacy 1) Pope Alexander VI had numerous affairs and several childrenout of wedlock 2) 1/5 of all priests in the diocese of Trent kept concubines in the 16th century. 3) Some traded sexual favors for the forgiveness of sins during confession (the way Confession is given and received today is a direct result of Counter Reformation attempts to clean up the church’s mess).
- 16. Clerical ignorance: Many local parish priests were illiterate. Pre-reformation reformers and reform movements a. John Wycliffe b. John Hus c. Cathars d. Petrobrusians e.Waldensians