REL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Limited Atonement, John Calvin, Sola Fide
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Four principles: sola scriptura = word alone, bible alone (not creeds or traditions, sola fide- faith alone, priesthood of all believers, moral action in the world. Martin lurther (1483-1546) if you save me then i will join a monastery become a monk. John calvin (1509-1564: institutes of the christian religion (1536, geneva, switzerland. Church and state separate, but public morality upheld by state. The geneva bible (1557 nt, 1560 bible) The idea that in the beginning of time, god decided the eternal fate of everyone: predestination: the elect. Calvinism: four main groups: presbyterians (prebyteries, synods, congregationalists (congregation indep. , baptists, quakers. 1509-1547: henry viii rules england, 1534 - supreme lord of the church. Anglicanism, church of england: liturgical, ornate churches, some reject calvinism, hierarchy, biships and archbisops. Puritans: many ed to geneva, switzerland, holland, germany and new england. Varied group of reformers who migrated to east coast 1620s-1640s: calvinist theology, criticized anglican church and english society, abolished hierarchies of bishops.
