REL 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sebastian Castellio, Menno Simons, Infant Baptism
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God knows who will be saved and who will be damned. Leaders of the church care called by god and the congregation. Faith is the knowledge of god"s goodness towards humans, not a belief in a set of principles. Religious ideas of the colonists of new england were calvinists. Sebastian castellio: questioned calvin"s interpretation of the creed. Miguel servetus: challenged the doctrine of the trinity and infant baptism. Refused to take oaths or ghts in wars. The church was a voluntary body, distinct from civil society. A few radicals predicted the end of the world and set up a kingdom in the city of. People should obey civil authorities so long as it was not contrary to scripture. Sacraments do not give grace; they are outward signs of an inner change. Act of supremacy of 1534 (forbade the payment of taxes to rome and made. Henry the supreme head of the church in england)
