RLST 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sola Scriptura, John Calvin, Origin Myth

• School: UC Riverside
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RLST 012
• Professor: Alexander Michael

Document Summary

An errand into the wilderness: the founding myth of the united states. Myth: stories that we tell ourselves about ourselves. Ritual: actions that we do that situate us within our collective myths. Sailed from england to salem, april june 12, 1630 giving legal birth to the commonwealth of. The protestant reformation: a conflict within the catholic church in the 16th century (1500s) europe, begun with martin luther"s publication of ninety-five these (1517) and ending with the. Peace of westphalia (after the thirty years" war) in 1648: began with the critique of the catholic church: The sale of indulgences (by your way out of purgatory) Merit of the saints (worship of saints) Religious authorities and administrators (clergy: separatist movements were primarily lutherans and calvinists, followers of martin luther and john calvin, respectively (now unified under the umbrella term: protestant, protestants believed in: Sola scriptura (scripture alone): scripture is the source of religious authority.