From Class on 9/28/16

SORRY FOR NOT POSTING THIS EARLIER BUT I'M AN IDIOT AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK A COMPUTER!




















Anyway...


CALVIN!

• He was at the same time as Luther
• But because Calvin's ideas lasted longer and had more of an impact, he is credited with having the most influence on the future in terms of the reformation
• (not really fair to Luther since he, ya know,  got the whole ball rolling 

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• Not only is Calvin's reputation much different than his buddy Luther, but so are his beliefs
• As opposed to Lutheranism, Calvin said that one cannot have just good works and faith to achieve salvation. 
• Instead, God had already decided who was going to heaven and who was not. 
• This is called PREDESTINATION 
• So basically, if you are a Calvinist, you don't have free will because to have that is taking away power from God, and you have no idea whether you're going to heaven or hell BUT you must continue to do good works because then it will appear as if you are part of the elect (those who are b-lining it to heaven once they kick it) 

So your are probably thinking, "Why in the heck would anyone want to follow this religion?!" 

Ok so: 

• Women wanted to follow him because he allowed them to be part of the congregation. This gave them something to do instead of just sitting at home 
• Calvin also created Geneva, the first model Christian society, that seemed to be absolutely perfect and therefore seemed attractive to a lot of people
• Calvin was a great public speaker - he influenced peopled through that 
• Calvinism was also very attractive to the upper class 
• this is because Calvin stated that if you were successful, you are predestined for heaven
• this made the rich people think that if they joined, they would immediately become a part of the elect, which they usually did 
• Basically the majority of the people who joined Calvinism thought that they were going to heaven, because why would you ditch Catholicism if you thought you were going to hell? You wouldn't. 

There are two main off-shoots of Calvinism: 

1. Puritans 
2. Hugeanots 

ANABAPTISTS 

• They were considered suuuuuuper radical 
• Why? 
• Separation of Church and State 
• They believed in religious toleration and allowed women to be part of the ministry 
• They wanted their followers to be able to choose whether to be baptized or not- so they waited until they were adults 
• They took Luther's teachings as symbolic, not literal 
• They got some mad backlash for all this, and are basically like the hippies of the Reformation 

THE ENGLISH REFORMATION 

• Basically started because Henry didn't want to follow the papal supremacy 
• This was more for social reasons rather than reform- he wanted to get a divorce but the pope wouldn't let him
• So he starts his own Church (Anglican) and bans the Catholic Church from existing in England 
• They based their religion off of the Book of Common Prayer

The Lollards became prominent during this time:

• they opposed church wealth, veneration of saints, and prayers for the dead. 
• stressed individualism and the interpretation of the Bible 
• the working class was attracted to them