HIS101H5 Lecture 9: The Reformation Part II
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The reformation in england and ireland: in 1534, in order to legitimize his divorce and subsequent marriage to anne boleyn, Catholicism and the puritans who wanted a pure church free of catholic influences: the elizabethan settlement embodied elizabeth"s religious policies. Calvinism: calvinism was the most important new form of protestantism, proceeding from the idea of god"s absolute sovereignty and his omnipotence, the founder of calvinism, john calvin, concluded that human beings could do nothing to save themselves. God decided at the beginning of time who would be saved and who would not (predestination): predestination did not lead to fatalism. Rather, calvinists, convinced they were saved, were ready to endure great hardship in the struggle against evil: calvin and the city government of geneva attempted to regulate people"s conduct in order to create a godly city on earth. This doctrine encouraged hard work and vigorous activism.
